And yes, this is a weird question for you rug rats.
2007-02-09 12:34:06 · 12 answers · asked by fresh2 4 in Health ➔ Other - Health
And I mean, before we knew it was POISON!
2007-02-09 12:35:20 · update #1
We used to rub it on pennies to make them look like dimes. Entrepreneuring little kids, weren't we?
2007-02-09 12:42:32 · update #2
In highschool, chemistry class, our teacher actually gave us some - putting it right into our hands to show us how it beaded up and rolled around. I was wearing a gold ring, the mercury covered the gold, my ring was silver for a few days until th e mercury wore off. Maybe he knew something and just wanted to poison all of us.
2007-02-09 12:44:08 · answer #1 · answered by Pandora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yeah it became so cool as a baby. I nevertheless have a pair of thermometers that use mercury nevertheless intact. I actual have a thermostat that makes use of mercury too, and that i even have blood stress readers that have mercury. Mercury is a cool metallic. yet all people is fearful of it simply by fact this is poisonous. by no ability cope with mercury with gold jewelry on. The gold will take in the mercury like a sponge absorbs water. subsequently ruining the gold.
2016-09-28 21:45:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This wasn't in the 50's but we used to put it in our hand to see if we could pick it up. We also tried to put it on a quarter to see if it would stick cause our Dad said that mercury would stick to silver. Silly weren't we!
2007-02-09 12:40:29 · answer #3 · answered by hmb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me. Alarming, isn't it? The thing that made me stop (long before the big alarms about its toxicity) was asking my dad about the Mad Hatter. He explained about hatters using mercury to shape hats, and the propensity for hatters of that day to develop severe mental problems.
2007-02-09 12:37:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL...I'm 42 and remember when I was younger watching a friend play with it...LOL....I thought it was cool, but I never had my own Mercury play toy. LOL I'm not sure what became of the other kid.....He's probably working in a nuclear plant someplace. lol
2007-02-09 12:39:55 · answer #5 · answered by steve 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was always afraid of it, if the thermometer broke....I always thought the silver liquid that rolled around in tiny balls, was poison
2007-02-09 12:37:05 · answer #6 · answered by LARGE MARGE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we were lucky enough to capture the ball of mercury as it rolled on the floor,we were lucky. Guilty as charged :)
2007-02-09 12:37:19 · answer #7 · answered by lindajm2006 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Taint poison dagnabit, I been whittling what I sees since my first taste of quick silver.
2007-02-09 12:38:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did, it was fun, but now it seems like 1 of the stupidist things I have ever done.
2007-02-09 12:37:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, they had thermometers in the 50s? :)
2007-02-09 12:36:30 · answer #10 · answered by chrisatmudd 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋