This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Space Ace: An interesting sidenote: Injections in the buttocks have, at times, been found to be ineffective. This is because it, indeed, needs to be an intramuscular injection. And sometimes the needle isn't long enough to punch through the fatty tissue a person might have in that area. So, basically, having a big butt means you're going to get something the size of a knitting needle inserted in your flesh when you need sedating.
Red Shoe: Thank you for the thought of someone inserting a knitting needle into my buttocks. I think I just threw up in my own mouth
Kilyle: lol "spreading muscular paralysis played for laughs"... brought to mind instantly the scene in A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born where young Jim, handcuffed by an over-zealous police officer, is trying desperately to find a way to get the handcuffs off now that his hands are completely numb. It may be a serious scene if you stop to think about it, but it's always made me laugh to watch him fumble with the key to his apartment, induce major bleeding while trying to cut the dang things off, spread blood all over his apartment to throw off pursuit ("I'm dying! Your sadistic cop has killed me! I'm going down to the river now to DROWN myself!"), and so forth. Classic.
Nano Moose: If they have no pulse, why does staking their heart kill them?
Deleted because this is a) relevant how, exactly? and b) about as answerable as asking why they burn up in sunlight.
