Police astonished by rectal capacity of prison smuggler

[Jocassee]

This thread is heading to a dark, dark place.

As I understand it, this thread is about a dark, dark place.

[Nitrogen]

Do you know how many times I saw this thread title, and read it as "rental capacity"??

[MicroBalrog]

This thread is heading to a dark, dark place.

But anyway, when DID they invent aluminum? 

Pure aluminum was first produced in 1825.

[Firethorn]

Pure aluminum was first produced in 1825.

Research says the first impure aluminum was first produced in 1825.

At first it was more valuable than gold.  I seem to remember some founding father having a set of flatware made out of it - it was considered 'more posh' than gold, but the timeline wouldn't really support that.

[Viking]

Research says the first impure aluminum was first produced in 1825.

At first it was more valuable than gold.  I seem to remember some founding father having a set of flatware made out of it - it was considered 'more posh' than gold, but the timeline wouldn't really support that.

Napoleon III supposedly had some reserved for special guests.

[Perd Hapley]

I have heard that the Wash. monument is capped with aluminum, due to its rarity at the time.  I've never bothered to look into it.

[Firethorn]

I have heard that the Wash. monument is capped with aluminum, due to its rarity at the time.  I've never bothered to look into it.

That is indeed the case.  I found it while researching.  At the time an ounce of it was worth more than a day of a worker's time.

[Marnoot]

That is indeed the case.  I found it while researching.  At the time an ounce of it was worth more than a day of a worker's time.

Indeed, it's been told that at the time aluminum had about the same value as silver.

[Perd Hapley]

As I understand it, this thread is about a dark, dark place.

So someone got the joke, after all.