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Those nice people who produce aspartame, the sweetener in diet drinks, have taken quite a hammering of late. So it's great to be able to report on a practical application of the sweetener that puts it in a more positive light.
According to Jan Jenson of Mooresville, North Carolina, it's the world's greatest ant poison. "It works better than the most deadly poisons I have tried. Any time those ants show up again, I simply dump another package of NutraSweet in a corner, and they will be gone for a year or so again," she reports.
She made the discovery after carpenter ants, which were resistant to even the deadliest ant poisons such as Orkin, plagued her home. At her wit's end, she remembered reading that aspartame had first been developed as an ant poison until the manufacturer discovered its more lucrative role as a sweetener. She bought two packets of NutraSweet, put one in a corner of her two bathrooms, and she didn't see another ant for nearly a year.
As with any poison, Jan recommends that you wear gloves and wash your skin afterwards should you come into direct contact with the poison. Of course, you must avoid swallowing it (oh, yes, of course, you are supposed to swallow it).
(Source: Idaho Observer, 1 July 2006).
In Reply to: Aspartame posted by ukchris [1400.2844] on September 28, 2006 at 23:18:52:
Thanks for posting that Chris.
Silver Fox!
In Reply to: Aspartame posted by ukchris [1400.2844] on September 28, 2006 at 23:18:52:
Thanks, UKchris.
Maggots are even good for debriding bed sores!
Walt
In Reply to: Aspartame posted by ukchris [1400.2844] on September 28, 2006 at 23:18:52:
Hey Chris,
Glad I squeezed in enough time to come here today cause you may have helped me solve a problem I'm still having....ants!!
I know your intention was to knock aspartame but it gives me another option to get rid of the buggers. I'm using the traps now and even though they work ok I don't like having them around.
Now I just have to find someone to give me a few packs so I don't have to buy a whole box..he he.
Thanks,
D
In Reply to: Re: Aspartame posted by D [465.1351] on September 30, 2006 at 06:10:15:
take a few from the condiments bin at McDonalds or other self-service place open for breakfast
In Reply to: Re: Aspartame posted by ANN [1003.516] on September 30, 2006 at 06:16:57:
Hey Ann,
That's the first thing I thought of..does that mean I have a little clepto. in my blood? he he
Well I'm sure they wouldn't miss a few packs and besides, I'd be doing some other soul a favor if they ran out, right?
D
In Reply to: Aspartame posted by ukchris [1400.2844] on September 28, 2006 at 23:18:52:
Thanks, ukchris.
These reminders serve me quite well when friends and family ask me if I might be "living life too cautiously..."
Your friend,
Abe
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