Too much licorice killed a Massachusetts construction worker

[MrPrena]

Bag and a half per day for 2 weeks?



Man dies from eating excessive amount of black licorice
Published: Sept. 24, 2020 at 2:28 a.m. ET

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/man-dies-from-eating-excessive-amount-of-black-licorice-11600928929

[Justin]

2 oz of licorice a day?

Gross. I don't think I've eaten that much in my entire life.

Also, eat a damned banana if potassium is an issue.

[Irving]

I once ate a whole bag of Hot Tamales. Only my soul died, as I about crapped myself trying to move an engine around the garage and I barely made it to the safety of the toilet.

[clodhopper]

I now understand that there is an actual reason why my mouth has deemed black licorice to be toxic. All this time I thought I just didn't like it.

[Bailey Guns]

Disgusting stuff... That had to be suicide. Nobody eats that shit because they like it.

[Justin]

I once ate a whole bag of Hot Tamales. Only my soul died, as I about crapped myself trying to move an engine around the garage and I barely made it to the safety of the toilet.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HiF4NmJ1SA

[ray1970]

Sounds like a coverup story. I bet he really died from Covid.

[Great-Kazoo]

Sounds like a coverup story. I bet he really died from Covid.

Or stress, from the coin shortage.

[ray1970]

Yeah. I?ve been worried someone may break into my truck for the handful of change in the cup holder. I should probably take it out and put it in the safe.

[BladesNBarrels]

Beckman added all candy “should be enjoyed in moderation.”

Does that sound familiar?

"Absinthe" makes the heart falter longer?

Too early?

[Zundfolge]

I can't imagine eating enough black licorice to kill you ... but back in my youth I had a couple of friends who were from Greece and on numerous occasions we drank almost enough Ouzo to do the job.

[Irving]

Beckman added all candy “should be enjoyed in moderation.”

Does that sound familiar?

"Absinthe" makes the heart falter longer?

Too early?

Wow. Haha.

[Duman]

Beckman added all candy ?should be enjoyed in moderation.?

Does that sound familiar?

"Absinthe" makes the heart falter longer?

Too early?

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.[facepalm]

[MrPrena]

During 1998,I worked with one guy who chew raw red ginseng roots. I think he was chewing and eating about 300% of allowable.

I know he was still alive around 2013, when I went for a service appoint at Shortline Hyundai.

[flamingo] "wuhhhht"

[Sawin]

I didn’t need anyone to tell me that stuff was bad for me when I was a kid. I knew the instant I put the first piece in my mouth and promptly spit it out.

[crays]

You guys are all crazy. I love black licorice.


Let the flaming begin...

Sent from somewhere...

[Gman]

I didn?t need anyone to tell me that stuff was bad for me when I was a kid. I knew the instant I put the first piece in my mouth and promptly spit it out.
If you think the regular stuff is bad, you should try the double salt licorice. [Coffee]

(Wife's family is Dutch)

[Irving]

You guys are all crazy. I love black licorice.


Let the flaming begin...

Sent from somewhere...

Do you love it to death though?

[crays]

Do you love it to death though?Well... not yet, anyway.

Sent from somewhere...

[Irving]

Different chokes for different folks.

[MrPrena]

I didn?t need anyone to tell me that stuff was bad for me when I was a kid. I knew the instant I put the first piece in my mouth and promptly spit it out.

^this.

[GilpinGuy]

Why do they insist on putting the black licorice jelly beans in the mixed bag of jelly beans? Everyone knows most people hate them, yet they do it anyway.

You grab a handful of deliciousness and start enjoying the flavor and then, BAM! Experience ruined by taste bud death.

[JohnnyEgo]

Time for a sea story, which for those who didn't serve in the Navy are short tales about the absurd reality of living with 300+ dudes between the ages of 18 - 35 on a small metal world in near total isolation from everything that would otherwise hold their attention or force them to comply with societal norms...

So in 1998, we were on a drug interdiction run off the coast of Ecuador, and it was swelteringly hot. We were three days out of Salinas, a city who's chief attractions were the abundance of value-oriented prostitutes and the open sewage discharge pipe next to the beach. Chief Doc (not really a doctor) comes up to the smoke break with a crazy look on his face. It is well known that two loose cigarettes trump anything approaching medical ethics, and it's clear he's got a story to tell. Turns out the laundry guys brought a pair of underwear with a long bloody red streak to his attention. Now because everyone lives in close quarters, fear of any contagious STD runs rampant. It's a hard to explain to your wife and/or girlfriend that you got crabs because Seaman Johnson infected the laundry hamper. So Chief Doc calls this kid to sick bay right away. Asks him if there is anything going on. Kid looks at him blankly.
Chief Doc looks at him again, and says "Come on son, is there anything you need to tell me about the last port visit?"
Kid says 'nope'.
"You didn't avail yourself of the local charms?"
"Nope, just bought a Coke and walked around the beach."
Chief Doc holds the underwear up like OJ's bloody glove and says "Well how do you explain this?"
Kid says "Oh, that's easy. I was busting rust on deck this afternoon and it started to get on my Twizzlers, so I shoved them in the wasteband of my underwear to keep them clean."
Yep, not an STD, just a kid who was perfectly ok with sweaty ass-crack licorice as long as it didn't have any rust flakes.

[Bailey Guns]

Yeah, that's funny!

[crays]

Why do they insist on putting the black licorice jelly beans in the mixed bag of jelly beans? Everyone knows most people hate them, yet they do it anyway.

You grab a handful of deliciousness and start enjoying the flavor and then, BAM! Experience ruined by taste bud death.

Keeping in line with my previous post, I was given a bag of black jelly beans for Easter. While most of you would apparently liken this to lumps of coal in your stocking on Christmas morning, I was quite pleased.

[Justin]

Or stress, from the coin shortage.

My money's on That Bitch, Carol Baskin.

[Sawin]

Good story, JohnnyEgo. Very funny!

1 word.

NASTY!

[FoxtArt]

On a surprisingly mostly non-sarcastic note, there's gotta be some minority gene for black licorice. Since there's a known cilantro gene where people taste soap, and there's a small part of the population that black licorice tastes edible to. The appreciation is SO stark that it just about has to be genetic. I've never met anyone that has said "Black licorice? Well, it's not exactly my cup of tea but I eat a bag of it every rare now and again".

Nope, 9/10 people will have murder eyes if you gift it to them, and 1/10 will write down their phone number with a winky face in the zeros.

[buffalobo]

You guys are all crazy. I love black licorice.


Let the flaming begin...

Sent from somewhere...I also like black licorice.

Mrs bo really complains about it so I keep my stash in the shop.

[Zundfolge]

On a surprisingly mostly non-sarcastic note, there's gotta be some minority gene for black licorice.

I think that's probably a reasonable theory

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/why-do-so-many-us-hate-black-licorice-few-theories-963738

[SideShow Bob]

Or stress, from the coin shortage.

Murder Hornets.......


As far as the flavor of “Black Licorice, I don’t hate it. I won’t go out of my way to obtain it, but I won’t turn it down either.
l will be the one to eat the licorice jelly beans, and once in a great while, if I find a small package old fashioned hard licorice candy, I will pick it up.

[Little Dutch]

If you think the regular stuff is bad, you should try the double salt licorice. [Coffee]

(Wife's family is Dutch)

I will eat black licorice in almost any form. That double salted stuff is too much for me though.