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I could imagine them seeing their foot fracture into dozens of pieces on its second step into liquid helium.  No joke.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 06:26:30 PM EST
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Scary. Really.

And expensive.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 07:36:30 PM EST
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it's not like theres a lot going spare either

Helium supplies endangered, threatening science and technology

The element that lifts things like balloons, spirits and voice ranges is being depleted so rapidly in the world's largest reserve, outside of Amarillo, Texas, that supplies are expected to be depleted there within the next eight years.


Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 07:55:43 PM EST
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