Quote from: Dextrous63 on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 05:33:31 PMAmphibians can be surprisingly dangerous.  I recall David Attenborough talking about this little beauty on Life on Earth (iirc, but he's done so many programs)...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_poison_frog

Yes,  there are some very dangerous ones.   

My poor old dog was really bad.   She was dribbling bubbles of froth and foam, and trembling like a leaf.  But it was her eyes that were most frightening,  she looked quite mad,  the pupils were huge.

The vet said she should be alright because there were no poisonous toads in the UK,  and the only one he knew of was the Cane Toad,  but they didn't live in the UK.

Then I had a stroke of luck,  because I remembered from a very long time ago,  reading about an antidote to toad skin  burns.   It is milk!   Just ordinary, plain dairy milk.   And it works.

I  got some cotton wool, and quickly bathed her nose and lips,  but I needed to get it around the inside of her mouth, lips, tongue and throat mostly,   so poured some in a little bowl and held it up to her face.
She drank greedily.  And the more she drank,  the more she calmed down. 
 I could see it was working,  and her eyes slowly began to look more normal again.

I took her to bed with me that night,  so that if she got poorly again I would know straightaway.
Thank God,  by morning she was back to normal.

So remember that folks,  if your dog ever picks a toad up,  use milk straightaway.

Quote from: morty on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 06:18:14 PMYou mean like steam from a sauna?

Eh? 

ඞyou are gඞy

Quote from: JBR on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 06:09:49 PMYou can't dry clean trainers, you know.  I use water.

I forgot about that.  Must be an age thing.

Quote from: Dextrous63 on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 06:00:47 PMI'm so glad you said ears and not its anagram. 😬😬

You mean like steam from a sauna? 

Quote from: Dextrous63 on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 06:05:51 PMEr, something about getting your trainers dry cleaned ? 🤷🏻�♂️😬

You can't dry clean trainers, you know.  I use water.

Cant think of a witty rejoinder to that JB.

You win 👍🙂🙂

Quote from: Dextrous63 on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 06:00:47 PMI'm so glad you said ears and not its anagram. 😬😬

I have tried, but I seem unable to blow steam out of my anagram.

Quote from: JBR on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 06:02:23 PMAh, but if I just started to do the necessary tasks, after having done one or two I shall have forgotten the rest.
Some of us old people tend to forget things.

Now, what was I going to say?

Er, something about getting your trainers dry cleaned ? 🤷🏻�♂️😬

Quote from: Dextrous63 on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 05:59:11 PMIt's nice to make an effort to write a list and work through it, now and again.

Trouble it, sometimes it takes longer to write the list of tasks than it does to do the tasks.

Ah, but if I just started to do the necessary tasks, after having done one or two I shall have forgotten the rest.
Some of us old people tend to forget things.

Now, what was I going to say?

I'm so glad you said ears and not its anagram. 😬😬