Ask dumb questions here!

[PhillyPhreak54]

Unless its going to take you time so you dont want to leave the hazards on because your battery will die.

Short term = hazards

Long term = dirty underwear to show your shteins broken

[Tomahawk]

I just don't get the point. What the farg is a note going to do? You have a certain amount of time to get the car fixed or towed, or they'll tow it for you. A note is not going to prevent this. Is the retardedly left note supposed to persuade the officer to form a search party? If you're already walking, the cop or other passing motorists are going to see you. If they don't, it's because you already made it to the next exit.

I'm pretty sure most states give vision tests before granting licenses...the broke down car on the side of the road probably alerts them there's a broke down car on the side of the road better than a flagging device.

[Sgt PSN]

Maybe it's akin to putting socks on the door knob in college. 

[phattymatty]

how about just spending the $20 a year and get AAA. t-shirt problem solved.

[Dillen]

more importantly, how come so many people carry spare white t shirts wherever they go?

[Diomedes]

...supposed to persuade the officer to form a search party? ...the broke down car on the side of the road probably alerts them there's a broke down car on the side of the road better than a flagging device.

lol

[Diomedes]

Here's one that MMH might be able to answer: how come we don't have Frontline for humans?

I've had four tick bites already this year, and pulled several ticks off before they bit me.  My dogs are protected by Frontline...how come I can't get a human version of that?

[mussa]

Thats a good question you'd think these pharm companies would be all over that.

[QB Eagles]

Here's one that MMH might be able to answer: how come we don't have Frontline for humans?

I've had four tick bites already this year, and pulled several ticks off before they bit me.  My dogs are protected by Frontline...how come I can't get a human version of that?

I'll make an educated guess, maybe MMH can drop some more detailed knowledge.

I don't think that Frontline prevents ticks from biting. It just kills them over the course of a few hours. It generally takes about a day or more for an infected tick to transmit Lyme disease to something it attaches to, so Frontline squashes that health risk.

I would guess that approval for human use would require a lot more (expensive) regulatory scrutiny than creating an animal product, and I don't know that Frontline is such a big step up over other commercially available tick repellents for humans. So marketing the product for humans wouldn't necessarily be a money-maker for the company.

[SD]

There's an ingredient in frontline that's carcinogenic to humans. I think it's dangerous to dogs too but they only live 15 years as it is. Off works for me when I'm in the wilderness but it is a pain in the ass to spray and it smells like shtein.

[MMH]

Here's one that MMH might be able to answer: how come we don't have Frontline for humans?

I've had four tick bites already this year, and pulled several ticks off before they bit me.  My dogs are protected by Frontline...how come I can't get a human version of that?

I'll make an educated guess, maybe MMH can drop some more detailed knowledge.

I don't think that Frontline prevents ticks from biting. It just kills them over the course of a few hours. It generally takes about a day or more for an infected tick to transmit Lyme disease to something it attaches to, so Frontline squashes that health risk.

I would guess that approval for human use would require a lot more (expensive) regulatory scrutiny than creating an animal product, and I don't know that Frontline is such a big step up over other commercially available tick repellents for humans. So marketing the product for humans wouldn't necessarily be a money-maker for the company.

The last part is correct, it would cost a lot more to get it approved for humans.  And I don't know the answer.  It's possible humans and dogs process the drug differently, and it only accumulates enough to be effective in dogs.

But if I had to guess, it's likely because there isn't enough money in it to make it worth-while.  If someone did get it approved, it would require a prescription, most likely.  Who's going to do that?

EDIT:  Found it.  The active ingredient is an insecticide called Fipronil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fipronil
At the bottom you'll find that while there is no direct evidence, it has been classified as a class C carcinogen.  Carcinogens are autmotically banned from use in people.  Think the red dye #3 problem when they yanked red M&Ms off the market.

[Diomedes]

Ditch diggers who have to perform tick checks every night might.

[MMH]

Ditch diggers who have to perform tick checks every night might.

See above.

[Diomedes]

How can cigarettes be legal but pharmaceutical products can't contain any carcinogens at all?  No makey sense.

[MMH]

How can cigarettes be legal but pharmaceutical products can't contain any carcinogens at all?  No makey sense.

I believe cigarettes are grandfathered, but yes, it makes no sense.
Particularly since the red dye #3 in question, was given to mice at such a high dose their hair turned pink, before they got cancer.  Someone once did the equation of how many M&Ms you'd have to eat to reach that dose, and all I can remember was it was ridiculously high.