the mad hatter returns
Mankind are a group of semi-intelligent bipeds with an attraction to repeats. Or at least repeating. Stupid shit mainly.
My other (and most would argue the best) half went looking for a product called Golden Eye (drops + ointment) for an eye infection. Turns out this most stable and effective of medical breakthroughs isn't arround anymore. In Australia anyways. Nope, after many years of community servitude it would seem one of the active ingredients is a tad anti-social. Quicksilver is it's name that I like the most, usually called Mercury. Fucking genius. Next we'll find out most new house paints are back to using lead.
I'm a big fan of learning where our communal turns-of-phrase come from. One which I love and is most relative to this posting is the phrase "Mad as a hatter". Any fan of Alice in Wonderland would immediately think of the character, the Mad Hatter. Funnily enough, it's all related. Back in the day, when felt hats were most proper in popular society, the felt had to be treated. Dipped by hand into drums of chemicals, including mercury. Over time mercury poisoning lead to madness. Hatter's it seems were the precursor to modern day postal workers.
quote for the day:
"No wonder you're late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow."
- The Mad Hatter Alice in Wonderland
My other (and most would argue the best) half went looking for a product called Golden Eye (drops + ointment) for an eye infection. Turns out this most stable and effective of medical breakthroughs isn't arround anymore. In Australia anyways. Nope, after many years of community servitude it would seem one of the active ingredients is a tad anti-social. Quicksilver is it's name that I like the most, usually called Mercury. Fucking genius. Next we'll find out most new house paints are back to using lead.
I'm a big fan of learning where our communal turns-of-phrase come from. One which I love and is most relative to this posting is the phrase "Mad as a hatter". Any fan of Alice in Wonderland would immediately think of the character, the Mad Hatter. Funnily enough, it's all related. Back in the day, when felt hats were most proper in popular society, the felt had to be treated. Dipped by hand into drums of chemicals, including mercury. Over time mercury poisoning lead to madness. Hatter's it seems were the precursor to modern day postal workers.
quote for the day:
"No wonder you're late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow."
- The Mad Hatter Alice in Wonderland
posted by brent c. airey at 3:23 PM
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