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Flying Tadpole
 
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Default How to pith a toad (non-excretory)

Ah. Melted your fillings? (pre-epoxy days)

Scout wrote:

no, but apparently, he did get a bit of it in my tuna sandwich.
Scout

"Flying Tadpole" wrote:
Yes, but did he die later of mercury poisoning?


Scout wrote:
reminds me of the time one of my students slung my brand new sling
psychrometer too close to a lab bench, smashing both mercury bulbs

against
the corner of the bench and sending shards of glass and droplets of Hg
everywhere.
Here is what he said: "ooopsy"
Scout


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