"::darkshadows::" <blood@thirsty.net> wrote in
news:t02s245k6utjqbjuc610hlcpfaei1gidd6@4ax.com:
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> How much is my body worth?
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> You're worth more than you think!
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> A great number of people have spent a great deal of human and
> financial resources calculating the composition of, prior to the
> decomposition of, and the worth, or worthlessness of, the human body.
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> When we total the monetary value of the elements in our bodies and the
> value of the average person's skin, we arrive at a net worth of $4.50!
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> This value is, however, subject to change, due to stock market
> fluctuations. Since the studies leading to this conclusion were
> conducted by the U.S. and by Japan respectively, it might be wise to
> consult the New York Stock Exchange and the Nikkei Index before
> deciding when to sell!
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> The U.S. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils invested many a hard-earned tax
> dollar in calculating the chemical and mineral composition of the
> human body, which breaks down as follows:
> 65% Oxygen
> 18% Carbon
> 10% Hydrogen
> 3% Nitrogen
> 1.5% Calcium
> 1% Phosphorous
> 0.35% Potassium
> 0.25% Sulfur
> 0.15% Sodium
> 0.15% Chlorine
> 0.05% Magnesium
> 0.0004% Iron
> 0.00004% Iodine
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> Additionally, it was discovered that our bodies contain trace
> quantities of fluorine, silicon, manganese, zinc, copper, aluminum,
> and arsenic. Together, all of the above amounts to less than one
> dollar!
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> Our most valuable asset is our skin, which the Japanese invested their
> time and money in measuring. The method the Imperial State Institute
> for Nutrition at Tokyo developed for measuring the amount of a
> person's skin is to take a naked person, and to apply a strong, thin
> paper to every surface of his body. After the paper dries, they
> carefully remove it, cut it into small pieces, and painstakingly total
> the person's measurements. Cut and dried, the average person is the
> proud owner of fourteen to eighteen square feet of skin, with the
> variables in this figure being height, weight, and breast size. Basing
> the skin's value on the selling price of cowhide, which is
> approximately $.25 per square foot, the value of an average person's
> skin is about $3.50.
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> DID YOU KNOW?
> The Nazis, during the Holocaust, used human skin as a substitute for
> leather in the manufacture of lampshades and shoes, among other
> things.
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LOL.
Mercury.
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