what shall iron do
2007-02-16 03:54:05 · 20 answers · asked by Good Egg 6 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Everyone totally missed the point the next line is
For if the priest be foul, in whom we trust, No wonder that a layman thinks of lust
Geoffrey Chaucer 1342-1400, The Canterbury Tales:lines 479-530: The Parson
http://www.librarius.com/canttran/genpro/genpro479-530.htm
2007-02-16 08:29:57 · update #1
After a couple of minutes Mr. Thomson shuffles up, solid and imposing under his shiny bald head, wags his rust-colored walrus mustache and says something cryptic like “if gold rusts, what shall iron do?” And then these swaggering kids smelling of cigarette smoke apologize profusely, rolling their eyes, and drag off to their lockers only to discover that, indeed, they have no tefillin at all, although the next day Mr. Thomson sends them off to their lockers to search again.
For if the priest be foul, in whom we trust, No wonder that a layman thinks of lust .
2007-02-17 05:18:52 · answer #1 · answered by nik xxx 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gold is very unreactive. It may not rust but it will acquire what is called a "patina." Any metal that oxidizes may be said to rust. If your gold rusts green, it's not (the) gold. Either it's not gold or it is an amalgam with a metal that does rust.
2016-05-24 06:56:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...And then Gold rusted,
And her rust fell in layers,
As petals fall off roses.
And Iron's blood went cold
When he saw rust on Gold.
How he cried that life was unfair!
"what shall I do?
Oh, what shall I do?"
Iron cried to himself in despair.
Desperate, he went
near the sea, then he bent
and he dived till he hit the bottom
There he stayed all his life
Lamenting his rusted wife
Until he, too, died and went rotten.
Hope u like my poem :p but there is a very different ending to that story:
Iron rusts to form black or reddish brown iron oxide (the colour depends on the hydration of the crystals).
Gold is too unreactive to rust, and never ever reacts with anything. The mask of tutankhamun is still as brilliant and as wonderful as it was when it was first made...
2007-02-16 04:12:02 · answer #3 · answered by Eevaya 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gold doesn't rust. Iron does.
But if the situation were so severe that gold does rust, Iron would most likely vaporize instead of rusting slowly.
2007-02-16 07:03:09 · answer #4 · answered by Think Richly™ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gold does not rust or tarnish. If you have something you think is gold and it is rusting, it could be iron pyrite. If it is rusting, be careful where you put it. Iron Pyrite combined with air and water will create sulfuric acid.
2007-02-16 04:15:54 · answer #5 · answered by Trung B 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If the property of gold changed, then anything you can imagine on iron would be possible!
2007-02-16 03:59:43 · answer #6 · answered by sprinting_turtle 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Funny name- I actually had a friend with that name- we used to go to stores and ask them to announce over the intercom if there was a "mikehunt" in the store!
2007-02-16 03:58:46 · answer #7 · answered by Numb 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
...it isn't gold. If you still want to keep it, buy a spray-polish for the said metal to remove the rust from it.
2007-02-16 03:57:54 · answer #8 · answered by happykat 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Honey, if you have gold that rusts, it ain't gold!!!
Iron rusts - bad if it gets wet.
2007-02-16 07:11:00 · answer #9 · answered by lesroys 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
gold does not rust, but iron will
2007-02-16 03:57:37 · answer #10 · answered by Bighorn 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋