Fruit-related chemical burns

[compilerbitch]

Someone in the next-door office brought in a large quantity of fresh limes from his garden. (Yes, it's the middle of winter, but this is California, so I'm not going to start caring that you're all cold and moany now, am I?)

I took a couple.

They looked really nice.

They smelled really nice.

I ate one of them.

I now have chemical burns inside my mouth.

*is stupid*

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[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was just the citric acid, I think. It basically stripped all the mucous off the lining of my mouth, and left a strip about an inch long along the inside edge of the gum on the lower left side of my mouth feeling quite damaged. It's still sore now, several hours later.

I had a weird stomach ache for a while earlier too.

It was clearly a lime's lime. I should be hardier to that kind of thing, being a limey and all.

[dave-t-lurker.livejournal.com]

ow! *hug*

Now we know the truth, the Alien was really a citrus fruit.