Did you see that programme last night on C4 about gold mining?
It was proper scary.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:35, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

No I didn't.
why scary?
( girlinthehole, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:36, Reply)

It showed these poor kids scurrying down tiny little rabbit hole type mines to get the gold out
then they had to refine it with mercury, with their bare hands. They were all covered in welts and sores due to poisoning, and the conditions were shocking.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:39, Reply)

: ((

( girlinthehole, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:40, Reply)

That reminded me of my boy's 5th birthday.
I told him he was now officially old enough to 'go up the chimneys'. He thought I was being serious...
(SonoraAeroClub "OH SWEET HELEN OF BALLS!", Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:45, Reply)

They sent parents pre-paid envelopes and asked them to put their kids in them.
Once they'd received kids in the post, the weighed them and sent the parents a fraction of their true value.

They then put the kids to work.*

*I may not have seen this show.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:40, Reply)

Hahaha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:41, Reply)

Speaking of which
You might quite like this...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:47, Reply)

Tee hee.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:50, Reply)