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| monkeyspoon |
 Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:08 am Post subject: the philosophers stone |
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I have a recipe for the philosophers stone.
where can I get red copper, nitric acid, copper carbonate, arsenic, oak bark, rose water and lampblack?
i want to make a pund and a half of gold and a little drinky to make me live forever.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:51 am Post subject: |
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What a complete load of utter bollocks!
It won't work without half a kilo of vented wren's spleen two cooking apples and a salvation army songbook |
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| Ophiolite |
| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:08 am Post subject: Re: the philosophers stone |
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| monkeyspoon wrote: |
I have a recipe for the philosophers stone.
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Any recipe will only work if it is followed meticulously.
Since you have omitted the possesive apostrophe in the above statement it is unlikely that you have the dedication to detail that is required of any successful alchemist.
Go to the bottom of the class.
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| jacketate |
| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:03 am Post subject: |
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in fairness if i had just found the recipe to the philosophers stone i would be quite excited and would not care about an apostrophe.
this is the internet, not really the home of correct grammar.
and it is science, grammar not being the main focal point =)
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| monkeyspoon |
| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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none of you even answered my question.
I shall have to discover my own means of obtaining these substances.
btw I believe E=mc2 is wrong. just thought I'd throw that in somewhere.
if I manage to produce gold none of you will get any. except jacketate.
apostrophe? honestly? who cares
pfft
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Have you tried tyour local walmart delicatessan? |
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there is no walmart in new zealand.
but i shall try supermarkets and ask around
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| monkeyspoon wrote: |
there is no walmart in new zealand.
but i shall try supermarkets and ask around |
Is their a TESCO?
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nope
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Oh my gosh. I better e-mail them saying! Look! A market penetration prospect!
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| marnixR |
| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: the philosophers stone |
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| monkeyspoon wrote: |
| Iwhere can I get red copper, nitric acid, copper carbonate, arsenic, oak bark, rose water and lampblack? |
copper - non-ferrous metal merchant
nitric acid, copper carbonate, arsenic - chem lab supplier
oak bark - find yourself a suitable tree
rose water - squeeze your own from someone's rosegarden ?
lampblack - is this just plain soot from a flame ? shouldn't be too hard then
tbh if the ingredients were any easier to find, you would be able to get it from your local corner shop
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| Chemboy |
| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: the philosophers stone |
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| monkeyspoon wrote: |
I have a recipe for the philosophers stone.
where can I get red copper, nitric acid, copper carbonate, arsenic, oak bark, rose water and lampblack?
i want to make a pund and a half of gold and a little drinky to make me live forever. |
If you drink a solution of that, I think you'll end up living a little less than forever. 
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| jacketate wrote: |
this is the internet, not really the home of correct grammar.
and it is science, grammar not being the main focal point =) |
Good science requires effective communication.
Effective communication demands proper grammar.
Slovenly grammar is diagnostic of disorganised thinking, which in turn is maladapted to good science.
But do feel free to continue to express your ideas with less than perfect clarity and precision.
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| having a flying broom and a black pointy hat is very important for this type of experimentation. |
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