Monday, January 15, 2007

I Nominate Mercury as Element of the Century



Mercury HG 80, she (a.k.a. quick silver)has an atomic weight of 80, is a transition metal, and naturally loves hanging out in the crust of the earth and in oceans.

For her involvement in justice:
Goons slaughter sharks for fins; Goons eat fins; Fins hold largest concentration of mercury; Mercury causes systemic poisoning of goons.

For her involvment in industry:
It first starred as smoke stack candy in the Chinese factory that made your new leaf blower. She was an insoluble heavy metal. There, with a lot of churning and hard work she concentrated herself into a water soluble poison. Evaporating along with a bunch of water molecules, she toured the globe, finally settling down with the good old Oregon Rain. WOW!

Mercury... Element of the Century?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

plus, how many liquid, toxic metals get shoved up your butt? separated by a tiny glass tube (unless you pinch too hard)? wait, i mean in a thermometer!

Sorry I forgot your birthday song.