Re: [tied] Mercury and lead

--- In cybalist@..., Omar Karamán <diogenes@...> wrote:

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> Glen Gordon wrote:
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> > Frankly, unlike Hitler, I think mercury has gotten a bad rap. I

find that

> > after a long day of hard work, a spot of shiny mercury in my Earl

Grey is

> > somewhat refreshing... and oh, the colours. The colours!!! Get

the colours

> > out of my HEEEEAAAADDDDD!!! They're after me!! Who said that?!

Nevermind, it

> > was just me throwing my voice again. Hehehe. I hate when I scare

myself like

> > that. Um, now what were we talking about again?...
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> > - gLeN
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> The red colour of triumphant Roman generals perhaps? :-)
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> Omar

If that was the same red stuff Egyptian girls used to smear on their
cheeks, causing their eyes to glow and (somewhat later) their teeth
to fall out, vermillion, then there wouldn't have been much point in
reminding those generals that they were mortals.

Torsten