The Galloping Gobbler, Poison Control & Happy Thanksgiving

Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 11/27/08 @ 10:32 am - Filed Under Featured

I just returned from running in the Galloping Gobbler - a 4 mile race organized by councilman Mitch Harper. I’m not sure how many people were there but it had to be close to a 1000. I had a great time and was able to run the entire race without requiring medical assistance so I suppose it was a successful race.

Speaking of medical assistance, last night I got together with the What’s Going Down(town) bloggers to brew some beer and we had a minor incident. While transferring the beer from one fermenter to another we removed the airlock and I was informed the airlock was filled with vodka (about an ounce) so I could go ahead and drink it.

After drinking I quickly realized that it wasn’t vodka. After a little discussion we remembered that the airlock was filled with Star San sanitizing solution instead of vodka. So I read the label on the Star San bottle and it said to call poison control immediately - just great. So for the first time in my life I called poison control and they were really helpful.

At first I thought the solution I drank was undiluted but then I realized that the Star San was diluted one ounce to 5 gallons of water so basically what I drank was just water - disaster averted. I’m starting to wonder if this wasn’t some sort of grand conspiracy to throw me off my game before the Galloping Gobbler race. Either way, the moral to the story is don’t drink anything you didn’t pour yourself or watched someone else pour. Yea I realize most people learn that in 2nd grade - I guess I’m a little slow.

I’m getting ready to start smoking our turkey and just thought I’d pass on a Happy Thanksgiving to anyone that might be reading today. And if you get a chance you might as well root for the sad sack Detroit Lions - they should win at least one game this year…

Comments

6 Responses to “The Galloping Gobbler, Poison Control & Happy Thanksgiving”

  1. brian on November 27th, 2008 12:39 pm

    Cheers!

  2. Jeff Pruitt on November 27th, 2008 12:49 pm

    Heh. Wiseguy…

  3. Lobbyist on November 28th, 2008 1:23 am

    If it were toxic, they couldn’t market it as a coffee pot cleaner. I’ve accidentally drank something like that myself and I’d still feel safer drinking that than I would drinking vodka.

    I’m guessing that the undiluted cleaner is caustic and can burn the throat if swallowed. Did the poison control operator tell you to drink lots of water?

  4. tim zank on November 28th, 2008 11:28 pm

    Holy Sh&t Jeff! That could give one pause! Glad your ok.

  5. John Van Naarden on November 29th, 2008 8:34 am

    Oh,yeah, this sounds like a great time…and you want me to join you for the next batch!???!!!

    Perhaps I’ll wait for you yahoos to iron all the kinks out of the process first…or maybe I’ll just chance it. A heard a wise idiot once say, “Go big or go home.” Soooo…when’s the next round of brewin’?

  6. Jeff Pruitt on November 30th, 2008 10:40 am

    John,

    Brewing should commence next weekend. And fear not, we don’t attempt to poison people until their second batch.

    Tim,
    Thanks - it really was stupid. And we hadn’t drank a single one of our beers before this incident occurred!

    Lobbyist,
    Yes they told me to drink water because the cleaner is an acid and can burn your throat. But that’s only an issue in undiluted form.

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