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#What's Impossible?

    09-Mar-90 17:04:05
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To: David Art 72017,1130
wow, this is getting heavy, man! Did you see the news story about the "Silly String" (or is it ("Crazy String?") that was released on the market in the aerosol cans that did't damage the Ozone when sprayed? They showed a birthday party where a kid had a can of it in his hands and as the other kid blew the candles out on the birthday cake, the kid with the can of silly string sprayed it at the cake – it turns out the stuff is flammable and when the string hit the candle flames it ignited and caused 2nd degree burns to the kid who was blowing out the candles. Several companies that market that stuff have since, recalled their product of the shelves. Interesting situation though, I wonder how they'll resolve getting the product back on the market without burning the faces off of kids or holes in the earths ozone? Kinda morbid, huh? -rad