Fell off our chairs laughing at this......

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No! Another one that doesn’t find it remotely funny, and I can honestly say I’ve never fell off a chair laughing at anything! And I have a great sense of humour

To fall off a chair laughing is a figure of speech and not to be taken literally.

Baggs

What is the medical care for hallucinations?

It's quite an interesting phenomenon, this toxic spinach, especially as no-one seems to know what has caused it and why only Sydney Costco was affected. I'm wondering if some fungus in the growing medium has caused it, or if it was contaminated deliberately after harvesting.

Whatever the cause, there should be an investigation by toxicologists.

Baggs it could be last year that some home-grown courgettes were found to be toxic and I'm sure caused a lot problems with those who ate them.
We had some seeds left from last year and DH planted them. The courgettes from one plant tasted bitter, we didn't eat them.

We had to throw our spinach out because they are now being recalled from all the supermarkets, not just Costco. I don’t think it is funny at all, people are getting very sick. I suppose some people laugh at others’ misfortunes though.

I expect that the idea of "toxic spinach" is what amused the OP. It is rather a weird concept. Spinach does not have an 'image' of being nasty in any way at all.

There are different kinds of 'funny'. Total weirdness is one of them. I think the interpretations of a lot of subsequent posters were altogether too literal. Plus, people like finding fault.

'Toxic spinach ' might be funny in a Monty Python sketch.
At the head of an article about people getting ill, it's really not funny.

I agree, farnorth, but at the same time I can also understand why someone – perhaps in a MontyPythonesque mood – might find it funny while also feeling concern for the ill people.

Admittedly, concern was not expressed.

I love spinach! Should I cross it off my shopping list? I don't think it is funny. Poor spinach, labelled toxic.

Spinach , of all foods, has such a benignly wholesome reputation that it's ironic that it caused such an unreasoning event as hallucination.

Glorianny

I love spinach! Should I cross it off my shopping list? I don't think it is funny. Poor spinach, labelled toxic.

I'm not sure why there's suddenly a toxic spinach harvest in Australia.

Was there another hallucinogenic plant growing in between the rows of spinach?
Did someone mix LSD into the fertiliser or spike the irrigation system?

If you find out, nanna8, can you let us know.

www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/16/woolworths-recalls-two-salad-products-over-fears-of-unsafe-plant-material

It's getting worse

Scary, what if someone with a heart condition ate some