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Kewpie

Felis Australis

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03 Aug 21

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 390159

03 Aug 21

Dropped and broken a mercury thermometer, then tried to sweep up the evidence ? 🤐

Gambrel

Joined: 16 Aug 15
Moves: 1245

03 Aug 21

@kewpie said
Dropped and broken a mercury thermometer, then tried to sweep up the evidence ? 🤐

In labs they used to use vacuum chambers and tubing

huckleberryhound

Devout Agnostic.

DZ-015

Joined: 12 Oct 05
Moves: 42584

03 Aug 21

I once put a flame under one to see what would happen...it did not end well.

Mercury

Joined: 08 Sep 20
Moves: 1604

03 Aug 21

@kewpie said
Dropped and broken a mercury thermometer, then tried to sweep up the evidence ? 🤐

Mercury is a wonderful thing 🤩

mchill

Cryptic

Behind the scenes

Joined: 27 Jun 16
Moves: 3283

03 Aug 21

@huckleberryhound said
I once put a flame under one to see what would happen...it did not end well.

Sounds like something I would do. 🙂

Drewnogal

Constant Gardener

The Plot

Joined: 07 Aug 12
Moves: 53183

03 Aug 21

I once rinsed one in a cup of hot water 😣

mchill

Cryptic

Behind the scenes

Joined: 27 Jun 16
Moves: 3283

03 Aug 21

@huckleberryhound said
I once put a flame under one to see what would happen...it did not end well.

I once tried to recharge a flashlight battery by plugging 2 wires into a 115 volt wall outlet, then connecting each wire on to opposite ends of the battery (I was 8 at the time)

That didn't end well either! 😲

Great Big Stees

Joined: 14 Mar 04
Moves: 186286

03 Aug 21

Tried petting a wild skunk, thinking it was a cat? DON’T🙊

rookie54

free tazer tickles..

wildly content...

Joined: 09 Mar 08
Moves: 205489

03 Aug 21

@kewpie said
Dropped and broken a mercury thermometer, then tried to sweep up the evidence ? 🤐

when i was a kid i had easy access to large quantities of mercury

lol
that explains a bit

Ghost of a Duke

Joined: 14 Mar 15
Moves: 29597

06 Aug 21

-1

My doctor banned me from listening to Queen albums, due to their high Mercury content.

😴

Some Random Bloke

Joined: 03 Apr 19
Moves: 25268

06 Aug 21

Did you ever see a woman coming out of New York City with a frog in her hand?

Mercury

Joined: 08 Sep 20
Moves: 1604

06 Aug 21

Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap.

- Daphne Guinness

Suzianne

Misfit Queen

Isle of Misfit Toys

Joined: 08 Aug 03
Moves: 37384

07 Aug 21

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@kewpie said
Dropped and broken a mercury thermometer, then tried to sweep up the evidence ? 🤐

I haven't even owned a mercury thermometer for like 15 years.

Gambrel

Joined: 16 Aug 15
Moves: 1245

08 Aug 21

Freeze it. It sweeps easier.

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 390159

08 Aug 21

@gambrel said
Freeze it. It sweeps easier.

Great idea - once you've figured out how to get it into the freezer. 🤔