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| | thingsihate.org - Turpentine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | I try to avoid solvents, and seldom if ever use soap, or water for that matter, for fear of melting. |
 | | turperntine sounds a bit like serpentine, and you can't spell surpentine without serpent, and serpents are scary so by association turpentine is scary. |
 | | In colonial times in America, when ships were still made of wood, the Carolinas were responsible for maintaining the nation's Naval Stores, which consisted of turpentine, pine tar, and wood suitable for shipbuilding. |
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