Water hemlock

According to Wikipedia, "Upon human consumption, nausea, vomiting, and tremors occur within 30-60 minutes, followed by severe cramps, projectile vomiting, and convulsions. There are occasional long-term effects, like retrograde amnesia".

I ate about a bushel of it when I was 5. Nothing happened. At least, nothing that I can remember...
(rogerzilla, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 20:43, 2 replies)

I wasn't aware of water hemlock
so I googled it and discovered that it looks almost exactly the same as elderflower.

So:

1. Cheers for that, I now know not to pick elderflower without due care and attention

2. Could it possibly have been elderflower that you ate?
(clumsyeloquence is a girl, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 21:49, closed)

And..
it was Wikipedia, so the veracity of the entry may well be questionable...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 21 Dec 2007, 11:51, closed)