One more jenkem post, for good measure

I didn't expect I'd want to return to this story, but from a purely forensic, "how did this story originate in the first place?" perspective, Salon has a good analysis of how jenkem caught on with the popular media, if not with hordes of American school children:

Internet investigators, including About.com urban legend guru David Emery, pounced, ultimately tracing its sordid photos to, of all places, a discussion thread on Totse.com, a Web community where content ranges from tutorials on how to make poisonous gas to essays on "UFO terrorists."

There, a user operating under the pseudonym "Pickwick" famously staged the jenkem-huffing scene back in June (or so he says; he came clean in September, claiming that his "jenkem" consisted of little more than dough rolled in Nutella hazelnut chocolate spread).

It's just that easy!