Re: fire alarm pull station squirt dye question

[Roger W <allucan8@xxxxxxx>]

On Feb 14, 6:08=A0pm, G. Morgan <y...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. =A0Nobody had ever actually seen it, but that was the
> >rumor. =A0So I was wondering who made the pull station, is it still
> >available, etc. =A0 Searching the web it looks like it is still a pretty
> >widely believed rumor. =A0But I can't find a pull station manufactured
> >by anybody that actually does anything like that. =A0I think it's just
> >an urban legend. =A0But 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=3D302
> >but that's not what the rumor was about. =A0The rumor was about a pull
> >station that sprayed the vandal.
>
> Pretty sure that was just urban myth, spread by the schools to keep kids a=
way
> from the pull stations. =A0Sorta like the non-existent chemical for pools =
that
> turns the water purple if you pee in it.
>
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I once sat in a wading pool and peed in it and it turned yellow. So
there must be some truth to the rumor.