For those who commute by Tube - as I did for 13 years -

[tim]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/photo04/garlic11.jpg

[tim]

[redimp]

As long as I can't smell it then it does not matter - ignorance is bliss  ;D

[gayle]

garlic love the stuff, i did wonder why people keep a distance when i spoke to them. :-\

[jennym]

Excellent stuff garlic - dear mother used to feed it to me when I was a teenager - she thought it would act as an efficient contraceptive.....

[wardy]

Garlic is the stuff of life for me.  I give it the dog too - to repel fleas  ;D

[Delilah]

Do you really give it to the dog to repel fleas or are you winding us up!!!!!

[Tulipa]

Wow, I never thought of it as a contraceptive, no wonder my daughter's boyfriend has asked her not to eat it - must feed her more....

[Delilah]

oooops Sorry Wardy shouldn,t have doubted your wealth of knowledge, my nearest and dearest has just told me that some chaps at work give garlic to their dogs to repel fleas!!

What a plonker I am!!!!!!

[wardy]

 ;D

[Acewell]

Garlic is the stuff of life for me.  I give it the dog too - to repel fleas  ;D

Onions and garlic are toxic to dogs, this may depend on the size of the dog or quantity you make it eat, I know some peeps give chocolate as treats to dogs that is also toxic, I think it's a gamble on how your dog will react so I choose not to experiment.

Here's a piece I copied off the net with more detail...

Human Foods that Poison Pets Disclaimer 
Dr Cam Day
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Feeding pets food that we enjoy is not only wrong, it can also be fatal. There are some foodstuffs that humans relish which cause illness and death if eaten by pets.

Chocolate, macadamia nuts and onions are good examples. Each of these foods contains chemicals which rarely cause problems for humans, but for dogs, these same chemicals can be deadly.

Chocolate toxicity
Onion and garlic poisoning
The danger of macadamia nuts
Other potential dangers
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Chocolate toxicity   Top
Chocolate contains theobromine, a compound that is a cardiac stimulant and a diuretic.

When affected by an overdose of chocolate, a dog can become excited and hyperactive. Due to the diuretic effect, it may pass large volumes of urine and it will be unusually thirsty. Vomiting and diarrhoea are also common. The effect of theobromine on the heart is the most dangerous effect. Theobromine will either increase the dog’s heart rate or may cause the heart to beat irregularly. Death is quite possible, especially with exercise.

After their pet has eaten a large quantity of chocolate, many pet owners assume their pet is unaffected. However, the signs of sickness may not be seen for several hours, with death following within twenty-four hours.

Cocoa powder and cooking chocolate are the most toxic forms. A 10-kilogram dog can be seriously affected if it eats a quarter of a 250gm packet of cocoa powder or half of a 250gm block of cooking chocolate. These forms of chocolate contain ten times more theobromine than milk chocolate. Thus, a chocolate mud cake could be a real health risk for a small dog. Even licking a substantial part of the chocolate icing from a cake can make a dog unwell.

Semi-sweet chocolate and dark chocolate are the next most dangerous forms, with milk chocolate being the least dangerous. A dog needs to eat more than a 250gm block of milk chocolate to be affected. Obviously, the smaller the dog, the less it needs to eat.


Onion and garlic poisoning   Top
Onions and garlic are other dangerous food ingredients that cause sickness in dogs, cats and also livestock. Onions and garlic contain the toxic ingredient thiosulphate. Onions are more of a danger.

Pets affected by onion toxicity will develop haemolytic anaemia, where the pet’s red blood cells burst while circulating in its body.

At first, pets affected by onion poisoning show gastroenteritis with vomiting and diarrhoea. They will show no interest in food and will be dull and weak. The red pigment from the burst blood cells appears in an affected animal’s urine and it becomes breathless. The breathlessness occurs because the red blood cells that carry oxygen through the body are reduced in number.

The poisoning occurs a few days after the pet has eaten the onion. All forms of onion can be a problem including dehydrated onions, raw onions, cooked onions and table scraps containing cooked onions and/or garlic. Left over pizza, Chinese dishes and commercial baby food containing onion, sometimes fed as a supplement to young pets, can cause illness.

Onion poisoning can occur with a single ingestion of large quantities or with repeated meals containing small amounts of onion. A single meal of 600 to 800 grams of raw onion can be dangerous whereas a ten-kilogram dog, fed 150 grams of onion for several days, is also likely to develop anaemia. The condition improves once the dog is prevented from eating any further onion

While garlic also contains the toxic ingredient thiosulphate, it seems that garlic is less toxic and large amounts would need to be eaten to cause illness.

[tim]

Incredible that we've survived this long!!

[the_snail]

This is a bit of nonsense but here goes. This is a good party trick. Take a slice of garlic and put it under someones big toe and in a few minutes they would taste it. This is because the skin takes in the garlic and it is passed through the blood and into the mouth.

The_Snail

[tim]

And who washes their socks?

[kitty]

haha!tim ;D

i feed a small amount(very small)to the cats every so often....and as i wear patchouli a lot(aging hippy y'see)and pet and play with them often-they never have fleas!
we love garlic and it goes in everyhting..well..not victoria sponges but you get the idea.....but i do think people shouldnt invade your personal space-if i can smell any part of you,nice or nasty-YOU'RE TOO DAM CLOSE!
and i feel sorry for anyone who has to endure the tube or a huge commute by any means,for THIRTEEN years-goood grief tim!!!!!!