What is a mercury pool?

Question

What is it and why does it form- IS it the same mercury in thermometers? If so why?

Answer 1

The word 'pool' refers to the global amount of mercury that exists in the environment. All forms of mercury are part of the pool. The pool consists of atmospheric mercury, formed primarily by emissions from coal-burning power plants, bio-available mercury (methylmercury) that ends up in plant and animal tissues, mercury that has been mined and is used in a variety of products (including thermometers), mercury bound to soils and sediment, and ores that contain various mineral forms of mercury.

Answer 2

A Mercury Pool is formed when a group of members join together and each one throws in a buck or maybe two bucks. Then they each draw a slip of paper with the name of a car make on it (Ford, Chrysler, Audi, and like that) The only name that's NOT on a slip is Mercury.

Then they sit outside, on a front stoop is best, and watch cars as they come along. If an individual's named car (from his slip) comes down the street before a Mercury does, he's still in the pool. If a Mercury comes first, he's out.

This goes on until only one player is left, and he takes the money.

Actually, as a form of recreation this is pretty lame, but if you want to try it be my guest.