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# yep,
so that industrial alcohol avoids the taxes levied on drinking alcohol (ethanol).
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Fri 27 Jun 2003, 19:27, archived)
# because ethanol is oxidised in the body to vinegar,
but methanol becomes methanoic acid, which will kill you.

100% of FACT.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Fri 27 Jun 2003, 19:28, archived)
# pish posh
i pour methanol on my cornflakes, it's what's made me the vegetable man I am today
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Fri 27 Jun 2003, 19:30, archived)
# and hydrogen.
which is why you burp.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Fri 27 Jun 2003, 19:31, archived)
# They also...
...add a purple dye, so you know not to drink it - otherwise it would be colourless.

A bit like diesel - although you don't drink that. I don't reccomend it anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Fri 27 Jun 2003, 19:30, archived)
# not if you're a lightweight
;¬)
(I helped save b3ta! Reverend Dan, Fri 27 Jun 2003, 19:34, archived)