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08-10-2007 2:52 PM 		Reply to: Message 11 by Parasomnium
08-09-2007 7:28 PM

Re: A riddle for Mike
The second person was smart because he recognized "Iodine" as the element rather than the more commonly-known ("tincture of") antiseptic. The class was chemists.
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If the second person had said, "Mercurochrome", the list would be very different indeed.
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09-15-2007 10:57 PM 		Reply to: Message 41 by Jon
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Re: A riddle for Mike
Jon writes:
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Vanadium ain't an element.
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Tell it to Vanadium.
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