February 18, 2003
Are you nuts?

The Flirting Thing (dating email list from the people behind The Frday Thing) found a feature on the old Lovers' Guide site that they took issue with. Got to admit, I don't think I'll be replicating the article on the new site. Or at least not this bit:

'People who have nut allergies can have severe allergic reactions if they kiss someone who has eaten nuts or products containing them. You may not know they have a nut allergy, but if they do hopefully they will have told you.'

The Flirting Thing's comment:

"It makes you realise that the first court case in which someone who suffers an anaphylactic shock sues someone for a) kissing them after eating a bag of dry roasted and b) not supplying the requisite warnings. It’s going to rip the romance out of that first kiss:

'Kiss me you mad, impetuous fool - oh, and by the way, are you allergic to nuts because I’ve just had a bag of cashews. Or is it only peanuts that get you..?'

Posted by emilyd at February 18, 2003 01:34 PM