Re: hump day NOW blue dye

LOL indeed, Zem...Ha ahahahah!  I just about fell off my chair
here...I say go for it girl!  Just get some pal to keep you covered
with a '42 to ward off the insane hunters while you're doin' it:-)

Lordy!  still laughing........

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Zemuly@aol.com
> 
> The ancient Celts used to do themselves up with blue dye made from
woad.  
> They smeared their bodies with it prior to celebrating or doing
battle.  Did 
> you see "Braveheart" when the combatants were blue?  Anyway, they
ran naked 
> and blue at their enemies to frighten them.  Information I have
read said 
> that, with their wild hair and blue naked bodies, they were pretty
scary.  
> I've often thought of trying it just to see how really nervous I
could make 
> some of the people around me, but I'd probably get shot and hauled
off to the 
> local deer processor. <LOL>
> zem

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