[R] The ginger beer trick

Terry Pratchett

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Nov 24, 2002, 7:58:06 AM11/24/02

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To save debate running wild: I've heard this attributed to the Mexican
police as a cheap way of getting a suspect to talk and which, happily,
does not leave a mark. The carbonated beverage of choice was Coca-Cola.
Hint: expanding bubbles, and the sensitivity of the sinuses.

I seem to recall a brief shot of something very like this in the movie
'Traffic'.
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Terry Pratchett

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Nov 24, 2002, 8:28:47 AM11/24/02

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<delurks>
thank you for enlightening us :)
<lurks>

David Dylan

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Nov 24, 2002, 4:25:16 PM11/24/02

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On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 12:58:06 +0000, Terry Pratchett
<Te...@unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote:

Hi there,

>To save debate running wild: I've heard this attributed to the Mexican
>police as a cheap way of getting a suspect to talk and which, happily,
>does not leave a mark. The carbonated beverage of choice was Coca-Cola.
>Hint: expanding bubbles, and the sensitivity of the sinuses.

OK, but how does it work? I've got a jail to run here, don't keep me
in suspense! ;-)

>I seem to recall a brief shot of something very like this in the movie
>'Traffic'.

Haven't seen it. Should I?

Greetz.
DD.

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David Harcombe

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Nov 24, 2002, 5:34:11 PM11/24/02

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On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 21:25:16 +0000, David Dylan wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 12:58:06 +0000, Terry Pratchett >
<Te...@unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Hi there,
>
>>To save debate running wild: I've heard this attributed to the Mexican
>>police as a cheap way of getting a suspect to talk and which, happily,
>>does not leave a mark. The carbonated beverage of choice was Coca-Cola.
>>Hint: expanding bubbles, and the sensitivity of the sinuses. > > OK,
but how does it work? I've got a jail to run here, don't keep me > in
suspense! ;-)
>
>>I seem to recall a brief shot of something very like this in the movie
>>'Traffic'.
>
> Haven't seen it. Should I?
>

Nope. Much overrated. Very dull. Very predictable.

Speaker-to-Customers

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Nov 24, 2002, 6:22:29 PM11/24/02

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David Harcombe wrote:

>> Terry Pratchett wrote:

>>> To save debate running wild: I've heard this attributed to the
>>> Mexican police as a cheap way of getting a suspect to talk and
>>> which, happily, does not leave a mark. The carbonated beverage of
>>> choice was Coca-Cola. Hint: expanding bubbles, and the sensitivity
>>> of the sinuses.

> but how does it work? I've got a jail to run here, don't keep me > in
> suspense! ;-)

Read my post of 16/11/02, 03.27, title "Re: Just finished NW, SPOILERS" for
more information about the Roundworld version of the "Ginger Beer Trick"
than anyone not a member of an oppressive regime's secret police would ever
want to know.

Or look on the Amnesty International website.

Paul Speaker-to-Customers

David Dylan

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Nov 25, 2002, 12:27:50 PM11/25/02

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On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:22:29 -0000, "Speaker-to-Customers"
<gre...@manx.net> wrote:

Hi there,

>> but how does it work? I've got a jail to run here, don't keep me > in
>> suspense! ;-)
>
>Read my post of 16/11/02, 03.27, title "Re: Just finished NW, SPOILERS" for
>more information about the Roundworld version of the "Ginger Beer Trick"
>than anyone not a member of an oppressive regime's secret police would ever
>want to know.

Thanks! Some of my prisoners send their love, BTW and would love to
know your home address... ;-))

gra...@affordable-leather.co.ukdeletethis

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Nov 25, 2002, 4:02:07 PM11/25/02

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Hi there,

On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 12:58:06 +0000, Terry Pratchett
<Te...@unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>To save debate running wild: I've heard this attributed to the Mexican
>police as a cheap way of getting a suspect to talk and which, happily,
>does not leave a mark. The carbonated beverage of choice was Coca-Cola.
>Hint: expanding bubbles, and the sensitivity of the sinuses.

Ah, right, thanks for this, obviously I *do* have a nastier mind...!

(Although there are documented cases of spices such as chilli powder
etc and liquids being used in various bodily orificies too)

Cheers,
Graham.

John

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Nov 26, 2002, 10:40:19 PM11/26/02

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"Terry Pratchett" <Te...@unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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The sinuses! Thank god! You wouldn't want to know what I was imagining while
I was reading about it.

David Jensen

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Nov 26, 2002, 11:15:06 PM11/26/02

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On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:40:19 +1100, in alt.books.pratchett
"John" <ju...@junk.com> wrote in <as1en5$sab$1...@perki.connect.com.au>:

I'm sure a ginger beer high colonic would be more than effective in
meeting these goals.

David Harcombe

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Nov 27, 2002, 3:27:09 AM11/27/02

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It'd certainly make the eyes water... but whether or not it'd clean out
your sinuses would be anyone's guess...

David Jensen

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Nov 27, 2002, 2:22:51 PM11/27/02

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On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 08:27:09 +0000, in alt.books.pratchett
David Harcombe <David.NOSP...@bigfoot.com> wrote in
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I didn't think that the Mexican police were doing it just to clean out
sinuses, but I may have been unfair to them in jumping to such a hasty
conclusion.

CCA

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Nov 28, 2002, 4:14:15 PM11/28/02

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John (>ju...@junk.com) wrote

>The sinuses! Thank god! You wouldn't want to know what I was imagining while
>I was reading about it.
>

You and practically everyone else, I suspect.
CCA:)