In "Eating Dung by Mistake" 誤嚐糞 from 子不語, a story that I just came across, the characters are eating blowfish, and one of them falls to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and thinking he's been poisoned by they feed him liquid manure to cure him. As he lies there the rest of them drink it, too, afraid of being poisoned. The guy finally comes to, explaining he's got epilepsy. They all wash out their mouths, vomiting and laughing at the same time.
Ruth Levy Guyer is laughing at me. It's as if I've drunk her liquid manure.
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