Re: Shaved Beaver

> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: tgpedersen
> > > Subject: [tied] Re: Scythians, Zoroastrians, etc.
> >
> > BTW on that subject, the only animal hide that doesn't
> > need "carroting" with a mercury compound (done on the hide

itself,

> > which is then shaved, and the shaved-off hair is then pounded to
> > become felt) is that of the beaver. Which means that carroting

may

> > have been invented to compensate for a decreasing supply of

beaver

> > hides. So if one wants to place the appearance of mad, red

pointed-

> > hat Magi, look for where and when the beaver went extinct. It

can't

> > have been hunted for anything but that.

--- In cybalist@..., "David Russell Watson" <liberty@...> wrote:
> This is your funniest one to date! (-:
>
> David
>

You might find mercury poisoning funny, but I can assure you there is
nothing funny about it. It might reduce a person to a stage where he
needs kidney dialysis and make his gait so unsteady he has to walk
with a cane even though he is only in his mid-forties, not to mention
what it does to his brain. I can only wish for anybody never to be
caught up in such a man's fantasies.
For your benefit, I have done a search on Altavista on +mercury
+kidney +gait. 237 hits.

http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/web?q=%2Bmercury+%2Bkidney+%
2Bgait&kl=XX

I might have included dementia.

Torsten