Not Another Chemistry Lesson
Thursday, September 07, 2006
White gold is not the gold that has a silver finish to it. No, white gold is Salt. The old NaCl. Our pal Sodium Chloride. Today we’re told to watch our salt intake, due to high blood pressure, heart attacks, and for me kidney failure causing me to feel like I have a hangover without the benefit of drinking. There was a time when salt dictated who had the power. Salt was an important commodity during wartime, whoever had more salt would most likely win the war. Believe it or not my fuzzy little pig dogs, there was a time that bacon cost more than pork loin. And here is a bit more info, there is a word in every language that is derived from the word Salt. A word that demonstrates the fiscal security that salt brought to those who possessed it. In English that word is still something that we take very seriously in our desire to keep up with the Joneses. That word is salary. 'Damn those Jones, how the hell can he afford a 50” plasma screen? I bet he doesn’t even know that his wife's back has a corset piercing. But I do.'
The other weight of salt was that it was alleged to stave off witches, demons and other malevolent spirits. Salt was placed in foods to help purify those that ate it. The truth of it is the salt purified the foods from insects, bacteria, and fungus allowing the recipient of the meal to not suffer botulism, or dysentery or possession of the devil.
So what you ask. Well since most of us have to watch our salt intake, none of us will be filthy rich or pure of heart. And for that I am thankful. Our ancestors had many things to overcome, we have so little to worry about in comparison. If we were all rich and never had to surmount our own personal demons life would be unlivable.
posted by Don Taylor @ 10:55 AM,
1 Comments:
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At 1:15 AM,
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Wow Don, I guess the doctors where only looking after your physical half! When I come to visit you better not be possessed with the spirit of some strange Germanic war lord!
B
