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Clodfobble 11-19-2008 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by newtimer
I thought 3 silver bullets were for disposing of werewolves.

Coincidentally, I just learned some really interesting facts about the history of silver bullets re: werewolves that I've been dying to share with someone.

It turns out that the reason silver developed a reputation for supernatural qualities was that--several hundred years ago, at least--it didn't tarnish. The primary tarnishing agent of silver is sulphur, and before the Industrial Revolution, there wasn't enough of it in the air to noticeably tarnish anything made of silver. Nowadays, of course, there's plenty in the air. But beyond that, most organic poisons contain a relatively significant amount of sulphur, so back then one would use a silver knife or bowl to test food and drink for poison, since it would quickly tarnish the utensil.

glatt 11-19-2008 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 505898)
The primary tarnishing agent of silver is sulphur, and before the Industrial Revolution, there wasn't enough of it in the air to noticeably tarnish anything made of silver.

Fascinating. I love hearing about stuff like this. I tried to look up a little more about it. One of the first things I found was "The Straight Dope" saying that this is probably not true, because volcanoes produced enough sulfur before the industrial revolution that silver would tarnish. But it does acknowledge the idea and does say that there was less sulfur back then, so who knows?

Yznhymr 11-19-2008 07:12 PM

I bought one of these on eBay, 'course it was a Chinese knock-off...but hey, it still worked as advertised on my mother-in-law. Gave 'garlicbreath666' very positive feedback!

xoxoxoBruce 02-18-2009 12:36 AM

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Here's a fake one.

He also made this werewolf dissection case.

Tawny 02-18-2009 03:29 AM

That isn't a vampire killing kit, it's Criss Angel's makeup case.

Sundae 02-18-2009 03:34 AM

You can tell the werewolf dissection case is false.
How on earth are you going to open the chest cavity with that tiny pair of scissors?

spudcon 02-18-2009 07:46 AM

Scissors are for trimming his toenails.

capnhowdy 02-19-2009 07:20 AM

Any werewolf that has any class at all has a regular pedicurist.

Gravdigr 02-19-2009 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy (Post 536229)
Any werewolf that has any class at all has a regular pedicurist.

Yeah. He has one for breakfast, one for lunch...


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