Re: fire alarm pull station squirt dye question

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

JoeRaisin wrote:
> G. Morgan wrote:
>> autonut843 wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> When I was in grammar school about 30 years ago the rumor was that if
>>> you pulled a fire alarm, ink or dye would squirt out to mark who
>>> pulled the alarm.  Nobody had ever actually seen it, but that was the
>>> rumor.  So I was wondering who made the pull station, is it still
>>> available, etc.   Searching the web it looks like it is still a pretty
>>> widely believed rumor.  But I can't find a pull station manufactured
>>> by anybody that actually does anything like that.  I think it's just
>>> an urban legend.  But I figured if anybody would be able to point me
>>> to an actual pull station that did that (now or ever), one of you
>>> would.
>>>
>>> I found the tamper dye to put on the handle itself.
>>> http://safetymedia.com/detail.aspx?ID=302
>>> but that's not what the rumor was about.  The rumor was about a pull
>>> station that sprayed the vandal.
>>
>>
>> Pretty sure that was just urban myth, spread by the schools to keep
>> kids away
>> from the pull stations.  Sorta like the non-existent chemical for
>> pools that
>> turns the water purple if you pee in it.
>>
>
> This Snopes page addresses both rumors.

This time I'll include the link:

http://www.snopes.com/science/poolpiss.asp