On 7 Mar 2007 13:29:49 -0800, "Xtrchessreal"
Gave us:

Later when he was not home we broke into the cabinet where it was and
proceeded to play with it. "Oh cool how it beads up in your hands,
see how it pours from one hand to the other!"


Relatively safe, actually. Even ingestion of metallic form mercury
is not that big a deal. Now touch any of many if not all mercuric
compounds and you can get cancer and die within a couple/few months.