This reminds me that I keep about 30cc of mercury in my room. One day (years ago when I used to have plants in my room) a friend came by and asked what was in that flask, and I said "mercury". Jolly him, he took it to inspect, asked if he could open it to see it better, and I allowed. One or two seconds later, he tripped somehow, don't know how, and poured some mercury over an effenbaschia. I tried to recover the most, but the poor plant died some weeks later. It's still unclear to me if the plant died due to the mercury or because, in my room, plants usually die. Even cacti.
And when I was a kid, whenever a thermometer broke, I liked to play with the mercury.
Wound up, can't sleep, can't do anything right, little honey / Oh, since I set my eyes on you. / I tell you the truth. I can't get it right / Get it right / Since I met you...
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