"Robert Allison" wrote in message
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Little willy, from the mirror
sucked the mercury all off,
thinking in his childish error
it would cure the whooping cough.
Said the doctor to his mother,
when he finally came around;
Twas a chilly day for willy
when the mercury went down.

And finally;

Little willy pushed sister Nell
into the family water well.
Alas, alas, the fall it kilt her
and now we have to buy a filter.


Reminds me of an incident almost thirty years ago which happened in the
marshalling yards in Roseville. Couple of gents were taking their sun and
lunch atop a tank car when one, lifting the hatch to see what was inside,
dropped his sandwich.

Had to discard the entire car of mercury.


More than 11 ppb of tunafish.