my father was a little lazy...
..what am i saying? he's still pretty lazy. anyway. so he's sat there with his cuppa. just added sugar and reckons it needs a stir. reaches to mantlepiece and grabs stick-y type thingy which then whirs up the sugar in the tea ready to drink.

i'm sat on the couch nearby.

i notice what he's used.

i notice it's a thermometer.

i also notice it was full of mercury when put into the tea.................but empty when removed.

i stop him with the cup at his mouth about to drink, very movie style, and against his protestations remove the poisoned tea from his possession.


carefully poured the tea out the cup, there, in the bottom, liquid metal.

he's still here.... i'm kinda broke.

inheritance? hmm, anyone got a thermometer?
(CustardCar is riding the back. with a hat., Sat 14 Feb 2009, 0:20, 1 reply)

Too slow
Mercury poisoning is slow and sends you mad first. He'd have signed all his worldly possessions over to the Society for Hedgehog Protection before popping off.
( SteamedCleaner, Sat 14 Feb 2009, 13:57, closed)