Lesson learned!
Now that I'm a mature, responsible *ahem* adult, I can turn down dares without a second's thought. When I was a wee-er Witch, though.........

My (evil) elder brother dared me to drink the vinegar left at the bottom of the beetroot jar. About an inch of it. Reddy purpley in colour. I thought it over - for about half a second - and chugged it down.

It was horrible. Yeuch.

Fast forward several hours...........and that vinegar left my little body the same colour it was when it went in! And it burned. It really, really burned. I almost fell off the toilet seat, and I almost shouted for my mum before I realised what it was and pictured the inevitable bollocking I'd get for being stupid (again).

Discretion won out over fear of permanent body damage and I stuck to drinking water from then on. God only knows what it did to my insides on the way through.

Don't try this at home (or anywhere else).

*Pop* Be gentle, it's my first time...
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 6 Nov 2007, 14:07, 4 replies)

Probably did no damage...
...but I bet it did scare the hell out of you.

Which makes me think that using some beet juice in a drink might give someone a very strange moment later when they went to piss...

Heheheheheheh. Off to invent some new drinks to serve to friends...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 6 Nov 2007, 14:14, closed)

Scared - hell yeah!
I was only about 8. Mind you, I can think of a few "friends" I might try this on now I've remembered.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 6 Nov 2007, 14:16, closed)

beetroot pish
Whilst I was being born the woman in the bed next to my mother had been craving and subsequently eating beetroot in large quantities.

When her baby was born the baby's piddle was purple and for a brief spell they thought something was seriously wrong with the bairn, until the (spent) penny dropped.

IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE!!!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 14:27, closed)

Monty Boyce
Really? I don't think I believe that, since there's no in utero ingestion, and the placenta is a very good filter.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 6 Nov 2007, 14:44, closed)