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OK to eat snow?


  1. Couldn't find anything on it in the Seattle Municipal Code, the Bill of Rights, or the Poison Control Handbook. Can someone help me out here?

    . . . metrognome?

    . . . . . . . waterworld?
     

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diane?
     

    Posted 4 months ago #         
  2. Essen Sie nicht den gelben Schnee!

    Mike

    Posted 4 months ago #         
  3. Depends on where the snow came from, from around here hell no.

    If I were in the backwoods away from civilization, for sure. As long as it's pure-white that is.

    Does anybody else hear Frank Zappa?!

    Posted 4 months ago #         
  4. waterworld
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    waterworld

    If the snow is certified organic, free range, and hormone-free, then I believe it's relatively safe to eat. Moderation is key, as with all intoxicants. However, children lost in the wilderness and lacking sufficient sources of fluid (i.e., milk, beer, single malt scotch, perrier etc.) are advised to avoid eating snow, as it increases the risk of dehydration. See, e.g., Magna Charta, Sec. 23 (1215).

    Posted 4 months ago #         
  5. munchkin22
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    munchkin22

    Mike:HUH?
    I took Spanish in jr and sr high.

    Posted 4 months ago #         
  6. as long as it is NOT yellow.

    Posted 4 months ago #         
  7. herongrrrl
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    Without going into a dissertation about how various pollutants get passed around in the atmosphere and deposited by precipitation, I'll just say that as often as it snows here, a mouthful or two per snow "event" isn't going to kill you. (As long as it isn't yellow, from the street, you know, that kind of thing.) Hasn't hurt me or the kids yet. :)

    Posted 4 months ago #         
  8. At the bus stop at California and Admiral yesterday, a teen stopped and scooped up a handful of snow from the bench and ate it. I was thinking that the bottom snow might be just as bad as yellow snow.

    Posted 4 months ago #         
  9. m22,

    No comas la nieve amarilla!

    Mike

    Posted 4 months ago #         

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