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"Rick Hughes" writes:

"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

Romans collected **** to use to bleach cloathes clean.
Funnily enough, the cleaning was done in large vats by Fullers
(I kid you not).

Once Persil was invented, Fullers had to find some other use
for the contents of the vats.

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