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From: neil@danger.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Common Household Liquid Without Hydrogen (What Was Answer?)
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Date: Fri, 9-Jan-87 11:34:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  9 11:34:14 1987
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Summary: wait a moment!


   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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