We have searched high and low, and there is no poison ivy amongst our regular ivy. This means one of two things:
1.) I caught poison ivy from somewhere other than the ivy patch near our carport.
2.) I have a mystery rash on my ankle of unknown origins.
Because I'm stubborn and I refuse to believe that I have poison ivy (and also because I rarely venture outdoors), I decided to go with option #2. And then I did what every person my age does when trying to get to the bottom of a mystery: I turned to Wikipedia.
Lo and behold, in the article for "Ivy," I found this:
"Although far less toxic than poison ivy, which is unrelated to this genus, ivy contains triterpenoid saponins and falcarinol a polyyne. Falcarinol is capable to induce a allergic reaction (contact dermatitis)."
If you can get past the poor grammar and syntax there, you'll note that it's possible I could have simply had an allergic reaction to regular ivy. So basically, I didn't get a case of poison ivy -- instead I got plain old ivy.
That sounds weird, doesn't it? Who gets a case of ivy? Me, apparently.
So does this mean I can still go around telling people that I've never had poison ivy before?
Monday, August 06, 2007
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2 comments:
i think it is safe to say that you can still claim to never had had poison ivy.
and really, saying "i got a case of plain old ivy" isn't very thrilling.
sometimes i get rashes on my boobies and i have to haul out my magical mystical gel. it's got some amazing properties that seems to speed the rash on its way. i wish i could send you some.
oh!!
if you do netflix, wanna be my netflix friend?
as long as you promise not to laugh at my somewhat questionable choice in movies
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