17th century alchemist's scroll giving instructions for the 'elixir of life'

Daily Mail ^ | 17 December 2017 | Sophie Inge

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Pollster1.

[BenLurkin]

The recipe for Kickapoo Joy Juice?

[outofsalt]

"George Ripley's recipe..."

He was from the ghetto.

[Monkey Face]

The recipe for Kickapoo Joy Juice?

Boy! What a recipe THAT could be!

[mairdie]

>>The recipe for Kickapoo Joy Juice?

Boy, does that take me back to childhood!

[shibumi]

"If they knew how, they would have done it, shut their mouth, and gotten rich."

Same thing today.

Just turn on the TV after 11PM and watch the parade of people selling
*you* their *secret* on how to get rich in real estate (or fill in the blank.)

The real play is selling the get rich scheme.

[shibumi]

"If it’s got toad in it, it’s got to be good."

How 'bout chocolate coated Crunchy Frog?

[Fungi]

Well said. After my post, I thought about the same thing with all those infomercials. Nothing beats work and an idea. Thank you.

[TXnMA]

I just noticed that the upper left corners of our FRProfiles have a lot in common... ‘-)

[editor-surveyor]

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Yea, right...
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[editor-surveyor]

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>> “The real play is selling the get rich scheme.” <<

Precisely!
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[Duchess47]

Someone send the directions to the kids at 8chan. They’ll figure it out. ;)

[RedStateRocker]

“Those who speak don’t know. Those who know don’t speak”
Lao Tzu

[SunkenCiv]

I remember the first time I saw cases of that, it was at a local gas station. And of course, it was based on Li'l Abner's moonshiner neighbors.

[Fiddlstix]

[shibumi]

As long as we’re at it...another one that always gets me is this:

Gold & Silver are the only worthwhile investments.
You need to divest currency and buy Gold now!
So send *ME* your worthless currency (or an electronic
facsimile thereof) and I’ll sell you my valuable Gold.

Well, I don’t know about you guys, but If I was sitting
on a pile of gold and truly believed that it was the only
commodity worth having, then I’d be damned before
I’d sell it to some stranger for worthless script.

[b4me]

I just saw dragon’s blood listed elsewhere as an ingredient yesterday. I looked it up, it’s from a plant

[mairdie]

Exceedingly strange.

[21twelve]

“Nectar of the gods.”

Be careful what one wishes for. Everlasting (mortal) life might not be all that it is cracked up to be!

Rush - Xanadu (live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF9cpIlSdqo

“A thousand years have come and gone
But time has passed me by
Stars stopped in the sky
Frozen in an everlasting view
Waiting for the world to end
Weary of the night
Praying for the light
Prison of the lost - Xanadu”

[Salamander]