[Cornpone]

You're absolutely right. Hell, my dad used to break thermometers all the time when I was little just to demonstrate the properties of mercury. We are sinking into madness.

[ExtremeUnction]

You're absolutely right. Hell, my dad used to break thermometers all the time when I was little just to demonstrate the properties of mercury. We are sinking into madness.

In High school and college Labs we used to "play" with mercury balls and try to pick them up and throw them at each other. In Geology, we threw big pieces of asbestos, bouncing them off of our classmates heads. I took a good many of the hits. Well, I'm 58 , and in perfect health. Haz-Mat didn't exist back then..

[Junior]

Your dad was playing a dangerous game:

Mercury Toxicity

[July 4th]

In high school, only last decade, our chem teacher had a canning jar full of mercury - probably 24 oz. worth. He put blocks of metal in it and passed it around the classroom. The metal floated in the mercury, demonstrating principles of density.