tomorrow morning i expect a long discussion about your definition
of 'salt'
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martian,
Thu 15 May 2003, 16:53,
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A colorless or white crystalline solid, chiefly sodium chloride, used extensively in ground or granulated form as a food seasoning and preservative. Also called common salt, table salt
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Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL,
Thu 15 May 2003, 16:55,
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"A colorless or white crystalline solid, chiefly [...]"
if chiefly means 'might possibly be, but not neccessarily', then any colourless/white crystalline solid i can make into a shoe is going to make me rich.
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martian,
Thu 15 May 2003, 16:59,
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no
it has to be a colorless or white crystalline solid used extensively in ground or granulated form as a food seasoning and preservative for it to count.
You are overlooking the fact that "squillion" is not a real number, too, so, by squillion, i mean zero.
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Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL,
Thu 15 May 2003, 17:02,
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martian,
Thu 15 May 2003, 17:12,
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calcium carbonate.
you could probably make a shoe out of its chemical elements...
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PMGT -Bacon.,
Thu 15 May 2003, 16:55,
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