TAGS fans (especially Holland Shoaf),
Thank you Holland Shoaf for pointing out the difference between ammonia and 
freon refrigerators.  I didn't know that!  (You out to write an article on it 
for that "Learn-A-Month" magazine Barney subscribes to.)  Anyway, I bet the 
reason the writers indicated that the gas smelled like ammonia was because 
Freon was a trade-marked name belonging to DuPont (and may still be).  It was 
cheaper, then, to say it smelled like ammonia than to pay royalties to 
DuPont--if they could even get permission, since it's clear that smelling the 
gas was a negative experience, something most corporations don't want to happen 
on the most-watched show on TV.
Thanks again for the new knowledge,Sam
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