Author Topic: What where the worst things you had to endure as a child?  (Read 44588 times)

Offline jaybelnz

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Re: What where the worst things you had to endure as a child?
« Reply #207 on: Sunday 20 July 14 07:31 BST (UK) »
Yep, pretty potent all right!  Dreadful smell, and made the boys do very impolite things that boys luv to do that also smelt dreadful!
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Re: What where the worst things you had to endure as a child?
« Reply #208 on: Monday 21 July 14 20:55 BST (UK) »
Famel cough syrup is made with creosote and I think you can still get it. I think it's probably a slightly different formula to the stuff you put on your fence, however.
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