Mike Rochip Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 I thought this was an interesting site: Livescience.com IMO, I thought this was the most surprising true one: Eating a poppy seed bagel mimics opium use Purveyors of this urban legend call on a popular Seinfeld episode for support. It turns out there's truth behind the comedy: tests suggest ingesting just two poppy seed bagels may produce a positive result for opiates on a drug screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphirer Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Eating a poppy seed bagel mimics opium use Purveyors of this urban legend call on a popular Seinfeld episode for support. It turns out there's truth behind the comedy: tests suggest ingesting just two poppy seed bagels may produce a positive result for opiates on a drug screen. I think they did that on mythbusters and said it was 'plausible, but unlikely'... or maybe it was true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 I think they did that on mythbusters and said it was 'plausible, but unlikely'... or maybe it was true... I saw that episode ... they were testing positive for hours after eating the bagels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokoike Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Just bookmarked that site; they've got some interesting articles. I liked the glowing pig one. Save a tree, eat a beaver. Save a tree, wipe with an owl. Every time a bell rings, a thread gets hijacked! ding, ding! Give Andavari lots of money and maybe even consider getting K a DVD-RW drive. If it's not Scottish, IT'S CRAP!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rochip Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 Just bookmarked that site; they've got some interesting articles. I liked the glowing pig one. An article about man-made blinking bacteria and other interesting and/or scary stuff was on the NY Times website today. NY Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenknight Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Eating a poppy seed bagel mimics opium use Purveyors of this urban legend call on a popular Seinfeld episode for support. It turns out there's truth behind the comedy: tests suggest ingesting just two poppy seed bagels may produce a positive result for opiates on a drug screen. What's sad about this is that many of those who use urinalysis to screen employees refuse to believe it. I told one guy about all the things that could produce false positives, he denied them all. (I wasn't applying for a job, this was in the local Eagles lounge). He absolutely insisted that those tests are reliable, wouldn't even listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphirer Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 What's sad about this is that many of those who use urinalysis to screen employees refuse to believe it. I told one guy about all the things that could produce false positives, he denied them all. (I wasn't applying for a job, this was in the local Eagles lounge). He absolutely insisted that those tests are reliable, wouldn't even listen. Nothing is completely reliable, and especially not that stupid polygraph (a.k.a. lie detector) machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobrakommander56 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 that was a really good seinfeld episode when elaine wanted to go to africa, and she faked the urine test, and then her boss wouldn't let her go cause "she" had menopause. Insert random C4 joke here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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