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- From: arsmith@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Alan Smith)
- Subject: Re: Periodic table of the aliments
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- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 19:33:36 GMT
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- In article <BuH5vr.426@world.std.com> bmarcum@world.std.com (Bill Marcum) writes:
- >The October 1992 issue of _Analog_ magazine has a "Periodic Table of the
- >Aliments" by Jonathan Vos Post and Dr. Christine Carmichael. Here's a sample:
- >
- >[In the magazine, these are arranged like a periodic chart]
- >>H = Hamburger
- >>He = Herring
- >>Li = Liver
- >>Be = Beans
- >>...
- >>Ce = Celery
- >>Cs = Cheese
- >
- >[I forgot whether cesium was Ce or Cs. Those two-letter postal abbreviations
- >give me trouble too, but I never had to mail a letter to Cesium.]
- >
- "The stupid book of science." had a periodic table. Elements included "Lint"
- "Escrow" "clorox" and others. ("Fresno")
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- Big Al.
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