Mineral Connoisseurs Gifts

'I can taste the cobalt, copper, zinc, iodine, maganese and chroium. It could use a little more salt.'

Showing off the good china 3-7 pm.

Henrik Ibsen,

'Thank goodness next week we'll be in a new dynasty and we can make some other style of pottery.'

'Toys?! Good heavens, no! I made my fortune through commercial endorsements.'

'VEGETARIAN ZOMBIES' BW

"I was really impressed by the way you sent back the wine, though it did come in second to the waiter's uppercut."

'Bit of an over reaction to a world-wide shortage of bismuth, don't you think?'

Carl Wilhelm Scheele: "There was a great display of ores and minerals...I could not write with a molybdenite pencil."

"But now it won't stay in mint condition."

Now entering: Space. Population - wouldn't you like to know.

Gem & Mineral Show: "This looks promising."

"We have some architects in our colony."

"No gold - but lot's of silicon."

'You're taking too much of that clamshell calcium, Margaret.'

Maxim Gorky.

"You know that drug commercial where everyone is laughing and running around with friends and dogs enjoying the beautiful day? What are they on?"

"Are you really sure we're supposed to give points for sound?"

'I hope you're a member of the miners' union.'

Architects and Builders

"This tastes almost as good as bottled water."

"I hate to be that guy, but, technically, Frankenstein is the name of my creator, and I'm Frankenstein's monster."

After-Death Mints

"That's right—a gallon of sparkling and a gallon of still. Are you ready for the credit card?"

"No, you're not too late. Cathy's just beginning to put calcium into perspective."

"I don't mean to be a snob, but I know what real leather sounds like."

"What's the takeaway from this?"

World War 3 live on T.V. "The special effects are lousy compared to the jeans commercials"

'Get one of these down, and you won't have to worry about anything.'

"The health inspector said our water had an excess of iron."

Shortly after, mines started using canaries as an early warning system.

This salt lick supplies iodide, a necessary nutrient.

Another Bit From the Mining District.

"Maybe you should start thinking bigger."

'This could be a bad sign!'