NEVER LICK YOUR PENCIL!!!
How much lead dust is dangerous?
It doesn’t take much. If the sugar in a
one-gram packet of sugar were lead dust,
it could contaminate one hundred
kitchens, 10 feet by 10 feet. The Centers for
Disease Control estimates that a piece of
lead as small as a grain of sand is enough
to poison a child.
Actual conversation with a Port Pirie Hotelier.
Me (after a gig):
"I'll be heading back to Adelaide now"
Publican (closing the Pub):
"Don't you wanna stay for the week-end?.... a room was part of the deal"
Me:
"No thanks, I'd rather drive for a couple of hours. I've ingested enough lead, already I can feel my IQ advertising for new tenants!"
Publican:
"Whaa??"
Me:
"What I'm trying to say is I'm concerned about my environment!"
Publican:
"Aren't we all........... but what can you do, join GreenPeace?"
Me:
"To be perfectly honest, I'm talking about the lead levels that exist in a smelting town."
Publican:
"a which town???"
Me:
"Several years back the authorities were concerned about the alarmingly high Lead levels that were being detected in the children around here. Aren't you concerned about that?"
Publican:
"Well several years ago we were all concerned about that....... but...... lately......... nobody.......... seems........ to....... care............ or worry about it anymore.
So we just forget about it n-o-w-a-d-a-y-s!"
Me:
"Holy Fuck!"
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