Software Pirates Incorporated "Tear Gas" If you've ever seen a mailman carrying a little red can on his belt and said to yourself "Gee, what's that red thing on his belt?" Well, its an irritant to save him from man's best friend; also know as tear gas or in this case, oleoresin capsicum. Capsicum is the hot essence of red peppers. Oleoresin is the process for extracting it. To extract the capsium, grind up four ounces of red pepper seeds in a blender or with a mortar and pestle. Red pepper seeds can be found at any grocery store. The dry, ground seeds are then put into a coffee percolator in which there is about 16 ozs. of alcohol, preferably with the water distilled out. The seeds are then percolated for about a half hour. The alcohol is then distilled off until there are only a couple of tablespoons of red liquid left in the flask. The red liquid is then added to a half pint of light mineral oil, bought at a drug store. It can be sprayed from a nasal sprayer, this is a great little sprayer since no one knows whats inside. It should be shaken before each use. Just make sure that none of your friends gets the sniffles and borrows it from you...lets just say he wont be talkin to you for a while. Formaldehyde is another excellent repellent, and it can easily be bought at any pharmacy, just tell the guy you're doing a school project involving the preservation of mice. This stuff smells horrible, hurts the eyes and nose, and upon exposure to air it vaporizes, make a (class)room uninhabitable for hours. It can be squirted from a water gun, nasal inhaler, or vaporized by a bomb. If this shit gets on someones skin it would feel something like if their skin was peeling off...what a mess. :) Comatose [SPi] "Anarachy Columnist" SysOp: PMSi I'd like to say sorry out there to all the people who read this stuff. I'm currently in India and well... if you were there, I don't think you'd be able to send T-files over to the US either!