Re: fire alarm pull station squirt dye question

[G. Morgan <your@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JoeRaisin wrote:

>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


That's better.  That clears both of those matters up, I was willing to test the
pool one myself at the gym for scientific purposes.

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-G