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06 February 2006

Puke can make you rich! Who knew? How to indetify it.

post by: arse_hat at: 10:40 | 6 comments

interesting article - i've never heard of ambergris before. thanks arse_hat.

posted by mcgraw 06 February | 12:01

you can't dust for vomit

posted by dodgygeezer 06 February | 13:17

Wasn't there a mefi thread about this like a week ago?

posted by mullacc 06 February | 14:28

Pfft! Johnnies-come-lately.

posted by taz 06 February | 15:01

As mentioned in Futurama's "300 Big Boys" episode

posted by Smart Dalek 06 February | 18:37

I learned about ambergris from an Encyclopedia Brown book when I was a youngster; then was delighted to know what it meant when it turned up in the lyrics to a Rush song. And about two days ago I almost double-posted taz's ambergris link to the blue.

I go way back with the whale spew.

posted by Wolfdog 06 February | 19:25

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