hey. Does Anyone "Know" IF I can get LEAD POISONING from Owning TOO much **HEAVY** GLASS..??

NOT TO MENTION, **POTTERY**!! -- Just curious...

And, it's probably a "GOOD THING" that MOST of This *STUFF* is IN the BASEMENT, as despite the HOUSE's STEEL-BEAM Construction, I often wonder whether the FLOORS would *SUPPORT* ALL of My "CURIOS"..?! And, "LIBRARY"...

hmm... You know, I might have to ADD "PHARAONIC-TOMB-DESIGNER" right after
"CURATOR" on My LIST of "PROBABLE-OCCUPATIONS-IN-PREVIOUS-LIVES" that I have going.

As well as, alter My "PLANS" of *SAVING-UP* for a "MUSEUM"... With all of the Metal and Wood SCRAPPY-CRAP that MOTHER has down Here, I just need a TRUCK or Two of CEMENT to "BARROW" the BASEMENT and I'll have Myself a SHINY "MAUSOLEUM"!
-- In a Couple of Millennia, ARCHAEOLOGISTS will be LINING-UP!!

"..hey, ZORK! What are THESE..?"
"Oohhh!! The FINAL Payment on Our *STUDENT-LOANS*!!
-- THEY're B.O.O.K.S.!"

"..books..? What the fractal is a *book*?"
"A Bibliographic Omnibus Of Knowledge System..."

"huh. -- Where's the Power-Source..? How do you activate it?"
"*You're* the Power-Source. Just open it."

"..ah.. It's not doing anything.. Shouldn't it glow or something..?"
"No. It's completely manual.
YOU have to move the membrane-sheets over.."

"Well, that's inefficient--OW!!"
"WHAT Happened?!! What did you DO?!"

"*NOTHING*! -- IT *BIT* ME!!"
"oh, pul-leeze. BORG-UP! You're wearing Hand-Protectors!
-- Besides, B.O.O.K.S. *don't* BITE!"

"Really? - So WHY does the outside of it have a graphical-representation of TEETH on it??!"
"O-kay. You have a point. -- We'll leave.."

"See?! - I told you this place was *CURSED* by the ANTI-SHAN!!"

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