[meteorite-list] Re: Nantan Seuss

From: thebigcollector <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:48:11 2004
Message-ID: <003101c15071$289a1e40$5bfc0f3f_at_bigcolle>

Would you buy my Nantan today,
Legal exported from China they say,
Would you like to watch it turn to clay.

You can put it in a bowl,
You can see it is quite old.
Remember in six months that you where told....


(sorry...)
Mark Bostick



----- Original Message -----
From: "David Freeman" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>
To: "Bob Martino" <martino.6_at_osu.edu>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Nantan Seuss


> Ahem...(more ooze with prose)
>
> ...And there she oozes in the dark,
> the rusting sound that makes dogs bark.
>
> And now for uses in the house,
> ...the silent sound that scares my mouse.
>
> now gratious thanks to the rusting lump
> for its a soothing sound is not a bump!
>
> LOL,
> Dave F.
>
>
>
> Bob Martino wrote:
>
> > >Ahem<
> >
> > I do not like that Nantan Rust,
> > I do not like it, 'though it must!
> >
> > Please stop rusting in that box,
> > collector's zeal it truly mocks.
> > No more rusting in the rain,
> > but try to stop it, all in vain!
> > Still it's rusting here and there,
> > the pieces all rust everywhere!
> >
> > Does it rust there on eBay?
> > I think it will, but who can say?
> > He says it's ugly as a butt,
> > and that's true, he's not a nut.
> > Try it! Buy it! You know the drill.
> > But it will rust, it surely will!
> >
> > Scrub it hard with stiff brush wire.
> > heat it well in oven fire.
> > Soak it long in alcohol,
> > you'll see more rust, no time at all!
> > Seal it up with dessicant.
> > Will that help? I fear it can't.
> >
> > Exploding Nantan? that's the post.
> > It fell apart and now is toast.
> > The stone just had to detonate,
> > It's stuff like that I really hate!
> >
> > So answer me, why does it rust?
> > Why will my prize turn into dust?
> > What lies beneath that fusion crust,
> > that makes it die? It seems unjust!
> >
> > Water, water, everywhere.
> > it's even vapor in the air.
> > For my poor Nantan say a prayer:
> > "Oh please, dear God, oh please, not there!"
> >
> > Some say that it's all chlorine,
> > which rusts the Nantan (so obscene)!
> > It's Lawrencite,
> > (that seems so trite)
> > those quiet noises in the night.
> > How can I sleep? It's just not right.
> > What will I see by morning's light?
> >
> > I do not like that Nantan rust,
> > It makes me feel so much disgust.
> >
> > And so I take it off the shelf,
> > and try once more (just for myself).
> > I think I'll give it one more bake,
> > and go to buy some Tagish Lake.
> >
> > - Robert "Seuss" (with not much else to do on a boring Columbus Day)
> >
>
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