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snazzynewshoes t1_j9n125u wrote

That's a different story than I heard. Ya got the 'Jake leg' from drinking the 1st bit of a moon-shine run. Something about it being a different kinda alcohol that was toxic.

I don't know. There's something to be said for licensed and bonded...damn taxes....

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PM_ME_YOUR_FERNET t1_j9n85w2 wrote

The first bit that comes off the still is high in several nasty compounds, notably acetone and methanol. It's fucking nasty.

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opiate_lifer t1_j9nebcz wrote

The human body can handle acetone, its produced in small amounts during normal metabolic processes.

Methanol however can blind or kill you in only ml amounts.

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Salmol1na t1_j9o2nkq wrote

Gregory Jacobs is the last surviving grandson of Jake Leg-ridden William Jacobs. The Junior Jacobs account of his grandfather’s long-term consumption of Ginger Jake was stated in 1984’s January edition of Rolling Stone magazine went like this: “First I limp to the side like my leg was broken Shaking and twitching kinda like I was smoking Crazy wack funky People say 'ya look like M.C. Hammer on crack, Humpty' That's all right cause my body's in motion It's supposed to look like a fit or a convulsion Anyone can play this game This is my dance, y'all, Humpty Hump's my name No two people will do it the same Ya got it down when ya appear to be in pain Humping, funking, jumping Jig around, shaking ya rump And when a doo-doo chump punk points a finger like a stump Tell him step off, I'm doing the Hump”

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