Saturday, September 16, 2006

Indian urban Legends - 2

This one is from Priya's coursemate when she did her B.Ed course in Hyderabad. We can call her Smita again :-).
So Smita once had to leave for Bombay for the funeral of her sister's husband's mother (or something like that). How did that lady die ? Apparently she had tried mixing Domex (a popular household cleaner) and bleaching powder in an attempt to get superior cleaning power when cleaning the bathroom. The two apparently reacted and the resultant fumes overpowered her and she died.

This one is a little dicey. I guess the basic story is true, but perhaps some of the details got distorted in the telling and retelling. I'm finding it hard to believe that mixing two domestic cleaning substances can kill you.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hullo Mr. Vijay !
Believe it or don't believe it, this is indeed what happened. The telling and retelling has not changed the story! This is not a cooked-up story.

Priya
PS: It was Smita's sister-in-law's mother, not the relationship you mentioned.