Re: Common Household Liquid Without Hydrogen (What Was Answer?)

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From: neil
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1987 16:34

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   Name a colorless liquid with no hydrogen in its chemical composition
   commonly found around the house.

> Other answers given were carbon tetrachloride, though (as the above
> posting indicates) it's not all that common, and mercury, though it
> begs the definition of "colorless".

  The keyword in this old old riddle, is *around*. If you have Hg around
  the house, you won't find me visiting......

> ENOUGH!
  Agreed!

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Neil McCulloch                             / \
Dangerous Goods Control                   / | \
Alberta Public Safety Services            \ * /
Edmonton   (403) 427-2772                  \_/

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