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I bought a lot of salt today

DrPizza

DrPizza

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I had to buy a lot of salt today - wanted a 50 pound bag, but the couple of places I checked didn't have them, and if the place I was pretty certain would have some didn't - then it meant an extra 40 minutes driving. So, I settled for the wally-world brand of salt; 33 cents a container.

How many did I buy? All of them (the last dozen or so were just for shits and giggles, since I wiped out apparently what they had in stock - the extra boxes were behind the ones in the front that were opened.


Cashier: "What on earth are you going to do with all that salt?"
Me: "Mix it with peter to make saltpeter."
"What's salt peter?"
"an ingredient in gun powder. You need saltpeter, a lot of it, if you're going to make a lot of explosives."
<odd stare>
"ohh, ummm, I'm just kidding! Really, I'm kidding."


ATF hasn't shown up yet. 😛

I'd have been more amused if the cashier vaguely knew what saltpeter was.
 
it usually refers to potassium nitrate, but sodium nitrate is also called saltpeter. It's used as a preservative, and as an ingredient in gun powder. Sodium nitrate is used in other explosives, sometimes in solid rocket fuels.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
I had to buy a lot of salt today - wanted a 50 pound bag, but the couple of places I checked didn't have them, and if the place I was pretty certain would have some didn't - then it meant an extra 40 minutes driving. So, I settled for the wally-world brand of salt; 33 cents a container.

How many did I buy? All of them (the last dozen or so were just for shits and giggles, since I wiped out apparently what they had in stock - the extra boxes were behind the ones in the front that were opened.


Cashier: "What on earth are you going to do with all that salt?"
Me: "Mix it with peter to make saltpeter."
"What's salt peter?"
"an ingredient in gun powder. You need saltpeter, a lot of it, if you're going to make a lot of explosives."
<odd stare>
"ohh, ummm, I'm just kidding! Really, I'm kidding."


ATF hasn't shown up yet. 😛

I'd have been more amused if the cashier vaguely knew what saltpeter was.
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You are now on an "unofficial" terrorist watchlist as Carnivore finds this thread! :Q
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
it usually refers to potassium nitrate, but sodium nitrate is also called saltpeter. It's used as a preservative, and as an ingredient in gun powder. Sodium nitrate is used in other explosives, sometimes in solid rocket fuels.
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I figured that you were half-joking and half-serious. 😛
 
I buy hundreds of pounds of salt a year. I use it to tan the hides of the innocent. You see, there is a huge black market for human skins these days, and in this economy I have found that this is an excellent way to make a few extra bucks.
 
Originally posted by: theflyingpig
I buy hundreds of pounds of salt a year. I use it to tan the hides of the innocent. You see, there is a huge black market for human skins these days, and in this economy I have found that this is an excellent way to make a few extra bucks.
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Do you do seat covers?
 
Originally posted by: theflyingpig
I buy hundreds of pounds of salt a year. I use it to tan the hides of the innocent. You see, there is a huge black market for human skins these days, and in this economy I have found that this is an excellent way to make a few extra bucks.
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Everyone knows this.
 
Originally posted by: theflyingpig
I buy hundreds of pounds of salt a year. I use it to tan the hides of the innocent. You see, there is a huge black market for human skins these days, and in this economy I have found that this is an excellent way to make a few extra bucks.
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Ohhhhh, I'll use that one next time!
(And, I salt my hay, fwiw; keeps some of the kinds of molds from starting)
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
it usually refers to potassium nitrate, but sodium nitrate is also called saltpeter. It's used as a preservative, and as an ingredient in gun powder. Sodium nitrate is used in other explosives, sometimes in solid rocket fuels.
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Next time, buy some fertilizer, too. 😉
 
You trying to preserve some corpses, or just salting the earth before you get forclosed on...

Expect the FBI to show up within a few weeks.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: theflyingpig
I buy hundreds of pounds of salt a year. I use it to tan the hides of the innocent. You see, there is a huge black market for human skins these days, and in this economy I have found that this is an excellent way to make a few extra bucks.
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Ohhhhh, I'll use that one next time!
(And, I salt my hay, fwiw; keeps some of the kinds of molds from starting)
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You're just preserving the bodies of all the local people who've died from goat flu, aren't you?



 
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