Comments on: The Wussification of America http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/04/the-wussificati.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: scraphoops http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/04/the-wussificati.html/comment-page-1#comment-10950 scraphoops Thu, 01 May 2008 00:49:47 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/04/the-wussificati.html#comment-10950 <p>Dr. T you beat me to it. I was going to say the only way this would be dangerous is if one of the kids licked it off the floor.</p> Dr. T you beat me to it. I was going to say the only way this would be dangerous is if one of the kids licked it off the floor.

]]> By: Dr. T http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/04/the-wussificati.html/comment-page-1#comment-10949 Dr. T Thu, 01 May 2008 00:28:13 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/04/the-wussificati.html#comment-10949 <p>The kids were in more danger from the exhaust emissions of the fire trucks than they were from the mercury.</p> <p>"No one complainted of medical problems." -- That comment cracked me up. It takes years for organic mercury poisoning to cause symptoms. Metallic mercury isn't toxic unless you warm it and breath the vapors.</p> The kids were in more danger from the exhaust emissions of the fire trucks than they were from the mercury.

“No one complainted of medical problems.” — That comment cracked me up. It takes years for organic mercury poisoning to cause symptoms. Metallic mercury isn’t toxic unless you warm it and breath the vapors.

]]> By: Captain Obviousness http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/04/the-wussificati.html/comment-page-1#comment-10948 Captain Obviousness Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:39:11 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/04/the-wussificati.html#comment-10948 <p>One of my dad's favorite stories is how when he used to go to the dentist as a kid, the dentist would give him a little dish of mercury to play with to keep him distracted. He said he would usually end up spilling it on himself :)</p> One of my dad’s favorite stories is how when he used to go to the dentist as a kid, the dentist would give him a little dish of mercury to play with to keep him distracted. He said he would usually end up spilling it on himself :)

]]> By: ParatrooperJJ http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/04/the-wussificati.html/comment-page-1#comment-10947 ParatrooperJJ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:11:56 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/04/the-wussificati.html#comment-10947 <p>Oh teh noes!!!!!</p> Oh teh noes!!!!!

]]> By: bob prangnell http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/04/the-wussificati.html/comment-page-1#comment-10946 bob prangnell Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:21:57 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/04/the-wussificati.html#comment-10946 <p>Me too; I remember in chemistry class we got to play with small beakerfulls of mercury. I remember sticking my finger into it to see what it felt like.</p> <p>Still alive at 50...</p> Me too; I remember in chemistry class we got to play with small beakerfulls of mercury. I remember sticking my finger into it to see what it felt like.

Still alive at 50…

]]> By: Rob http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/04/the-wussificati.html/comment-page-1#comment-10945 Rob Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:03:53 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/04/the-wussificati.html#comment-10945 <p>When I were a kid. we was playing wit da mercury in these hands here and I turnd out good!</p> <p>Seriously though, I used to break old thermometers so that I could play with the mercury. The only need for the fire department was to cool off by butt after being spanked for breaking thermometers. :)</p> When I were a kid. we was playing wit da mercury in these hands here and I turnd out good!

Seriously though, I used to break old thermometers so that I could play with the mercury. The only need for the fire department was to cool off by butt after being spanked for breaking thermometers. :)

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