Quote Originally Posted by Edward Horton View Post
You are bitching about a pencil in space and being stabbed with it, what would happen if someone had severe odorous flatulence with contaminates floating around and they wanted to open a hatch.

Now stop your bitching, you could always stab yourself to death with a pencil if the fecal debris and odor inside the spacecraft became too objectionable.

I have been told they now use odorless eatable felt tip markers on all manned missions into space. (They contain a large percentage of charcoal)

My, my, guess I struck a nerve! I was merely pointing out that the so called 'simple' solution was not nearly as simple as it seemed at first glance.
Your example of a problem in space, is really to ridulcious to comment on. The rigiourious training along with the well documented medical oversight will have taken care of such a potential situation well before the space cowboys let the launch pad.
now back to your bitching.