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Default B&Q taking the ****!


"Onetap" wrote in message
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On 1 Apr, 20:49, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

Selling **** is an old idea, many pubs do it.
It's sold under the trade name of Fosters.



Actually selling it was big business at one time - it was the main way to
make gunpowder.
Bishops pee was much sought after as considered better.

People used to call at houses once a week to collect it ............ I seem
to recall it was boiled down to make saltpeter