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Hekate

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11. Iron enough to make a nail...

Reply to SinisterPants (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2020, 12:43 AM

May 2020

These are the things that make a man

Iron enough to make a nail
Lime enough to paint a wall
Water wnough to drown a dog
Sulphur enough to stop the fleas
Potash enough to wash a shirt
Gold enough to buy a bean
Silver enough to coat a pin
Lead enough to ballast a bird
Phosphor enough to light the town
Poison enough to kill a cow;

Strength enough to build a home
Time enough to hold a child
Love enough to break a heart

(Child's rhyme from "Wintersmith" )

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How much are you worth? not click-bait, but serious questions [View all] SinisterPants May 2020 OP

Lots of wisdom there ... thanks for sharing ... mr_lebowski May 2020 #1

Dead or alive? Under The Radar May 2020 #2

I should have posited "alive" SinisterPants May 2020 #5

$19.95 qazplm135 May 2020 #3

Someone needs to make a quiz to go with this to do the calculation. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #4

I saw this at the end of the questions.... BigmanPigman May 2020 #6

nice SinisterPants May 2020 #7

Two shits. kysrsoze May 2020 #8

175K with equity in house jimfields33 May 2020 #9

Priceless! appalachiablue May 2020 #10

Iron enough to make a nail... Hekate May 2020 #11

The masses of humanity cruelly pound the Earth. nilesobek May 2020 #12