Sometimes Dear Abby has some fascinating stories:
While I was waiting for my wife to awaken, I overheard a nurse talking to the wife of the patient next to us. She said, “You know, you can find out anything from them when they’re coming out of anesthesia. They are completely incapable of lying.” She said it in a lighthearted way – sort of giggling.A few minutes later, I heard the wife ask softly, “Bart, have you ever cheated on me?”
“Yes,” he moaned, “with Mary Helen.”
I heard the wife choke back a sob, and she ran from the room.
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While intermediate ’stages’ of anesthesia are associated with loss of inhibition [ such as emergence scenario described in this 'Dear Abbey" ] there is no guarantee that anything ‘uttered’ has any validity.
Bye the way – it doesn’t have to involve any ’serum’ [ presumably sodium pentothal ] and can occur even with emergence from inhalational agents, now commonly employed.
A warning for ‘home truth serum’ protagonists who are planning to use this technique at parties in The Hamptons.’
You better be an expert at airway management. ‘Truth Serum’ is more likely to leave you dead – than truthful.
Likewise – keep away from nitrous oxide sniffing’s. Hypoxia doies not serve your brain well.
Stick to your standard Martini mix when entertaining.
Why doesn’t the legal system use this stuff to solve crimes. The judge could just order it and the truth would prevail?
I think that part of the effect of the serum is to make somebody really susceptible to suggestion… hence not good for the legal system.
Looks like the Yale frat boys are having same more fun with Abby.
Those folks in “The Hamptons” are far too sophisticated to take any advice regarding their home truth serum parties.
Hamptonites even have BMW SUVs to tote the moribund to the local ED should something go wrong.
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