Its Creeping Me Out, cus my aunt ate a potatoe and then commeted suicide =(
2006-08-07 17:31:21 · 12 answers · asked by TastelessFish 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
The contrary, I love potatoes, and when I'm feeling down, they pick me up. I have never thought of suicide while eating potatos.
2006-08-07 17:43:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no relation to the potato she ate and committing suicide. Don't be creeped out by potatoes.
She also probably touched a door knob, sat in a chair, drank some water. All normal things just like eating a potato.
2006-08-07 19:01:23 · answer #2 · answered by Layla Clapton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually.... there is a definite correlation.
You see, potatoes (and other members of the nightshade family, eg. tomatoes, eggplant, all peppers, tobacco) contain an alkaloid called solanine which can exascerbate an already existing state of depression. Solanine does this by inhibiting certain enzymes that are involved in the transmission of nerve impulses.
Solanine also increases the inflammatory pain of arthritis.
So yes, the potato could have had an empirical effect on your aunt's death, but it's not the potatoes fault; she was already imbalanced.
Just statin' the facts.
Tabitha.
2006-08-09 06:24:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure why you blame the potato.
She could've been wearing a certain color
Had a certain hairstyle
Sat at a dining room table
Killed a fly
Watched TV
Heard a song
Can't blame a potato! They make so many people happy
2006-08-07 19:26:09 · answer #4 · answered by Miss. Bliss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you eat too many potatoes--and nothing else--this may make you want to end your life. Otherwise, no. Unless it was a potato tainted with some sort of hallucinogenic compound.
2006-08-07 17:37:25 · answer #5 · answered by Stumpy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well....if you worry about your weight....potatoes have a lot of carbohydrates.....which would cause you to gain weight...which would make you depressed....and therefore more likely to commit suicide...?
That's the craziest thing I've ever heard.
2006-08-07 17:44:33 · answer #6 · answered by egyszegedilany 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but french fries are good. Potato pancakes sound nasty...and no, potatoes don't influence suicide.
2006-08-07 17:36:10 · answer #7 · answered by sTaRz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really? Thats weird cus i kant spel ether.
2006-08-07 18:34:28 · answer #8 · answered by Sandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dint know of such a thing
2006-08-07 17:35:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe if you live in Ireland...
2006-08-07 17:55:58 · answer #10 · answered by hipichick777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋