Dozzer19's report - Food Tech - progress Eating too much lead, chromium and sodium (are you with me am and kk?) so sent to Food Tech

[dozzer19]

Food Tech announced that likewise aluminium, bismuth and nitrogen had to be cut. Having spotted some gadolinium in a mirror I quickly agreed and left, filching said product as I passed. Am now planning secret meeting with tellurium.

[I_will Graduate]

Did you have to be ground down and put in a test tube to find this out?! Sounds nasty

[dozzer19 Graduate in reply to I_will]

Am planning larger vessel than test tube - Bunsen burner it already lit!

[I_will Graduate in reply to dozzer19]

Tin bath in front the fire? I hope a rubber duck won't contaminate the results.

[dozzer19 Graduate in reply to I_will]

Crikey, that'd be a duck a l'orange to remember!

[misswobble Graduate]

Sounds a bit of a mystery to me. Are you an apothecary by any chance? Or is this going to be the melting pot of doom ?

Keep us posted, do! Please take care. This stuff is tricky!

[AncientMum Graduate]

Bismuth? Bi= Biscuits? (Nooooo you'd be denied JammyDodgers!)

Aluminium? Al= Ale?

Nitrogen? N?.....

Gadolinium and tellurium? Ga+Te??? Gateaux??

Dozz, am I even remotely on the right track here?? Actually, having read the other posts, suspect I'm not. Don't need a Bunsen burner to eat biscuits and gateaux!

[dozzer19 Graduate in reply to AncientMum]

Try a little more.

All is not lost.

If it's not too inappropriate for this website get in the shower and do some revision of the periodic table.

Remember I saw the gadolinium through a mirror.

The nitrogen - that can come from anywhere in the world and any old aluminium will do.

Keep it up!

[AncientMum Graduate in reply to dozzer19]

Hahaha Dozz you seem to be setting the c25k equivalent of a cryptic crossword! The mirror image of gadolinium is silver but not sure where you're heading with that. Gonna make tea in my periodic table mug (you thought I was joking with that link, didn't you?) and give this whole thing some more thought! Grrrrr I'm supposed to be working!!!

[dozzer19 Graduate in reply to AncientMum]

Reverse the letters that represent gadolinium, not the full word, then use your super psychic powers to work it out.

[AncientMum Graduate in reply to dozzer19]

Pants!! Big fail! In fact, Epic Fail!! Ga is the symbol for Gallium not Gadolinium (oh the shame of an ex-biochemist, getting that wrong) So mirror image isn't Ag (Sliver) but Dg. Dg??? Hummmmmm...... Not Jammy D(od)g(ers) Life would be too cruel withou a jammy dodger en route.

[AncientMum Graduate in reply to AncientMum]

Now just have to sort out aluminium, bismuth and nitrogen and tellurium. Something tells me I'm wrong about Jammy dodgers. KittyKat, where are you?? I'm being incompetent here1

[AncientMum Graduate]

Yep, I'm stuck too. I want to know where the Bunsen burner comes into it! Bi, N Al Dg Perhaps it's 'bin all jammy dodgers' but then what's the tellurium for?

[AncientMum Graduate]

Come back Zippy, all is forgiven! Damn that cup of tea for wrecking her laptop!

Let's so back to basics (to quote John Major): The mirror image of gadolinium is having a secret meeting with tellurium, and we have Bi, any old Al and N from anywhere in the world. Not forgetting a Bunsen burner and a big vessel. I wonder if the letters can be jumbled up? Does b have to be next to i? Does A have to be next to l? Gonna have a look for anagrams. Grrrr, I have stuff to do and my head's full DozzQuest!!

[AncientMum Graduate in reply to AncientMum]

Only found glint bead so far. Don't reckon that's it lol : D

[AncientMum Graduate]

Yet again possible GENIUS there Kat! We have 'eating' and b, l and d left over or possibly 'bleating' with d left over. Dozz must be in hysterics, laughing at our efforts. I definitely wouldn't have made it to Bletchley Park during the war!!

[AncientMum Graduate]

You're probably right. I'm creamcrackered and officially admitting defeat for the night. If I wake up at 3am with the answer, I'll be really p*ssed off

Good night Kat, good night Dozz x

[dozzer19 Graduate]

In case you're still confused, here you go -Lead PB - peanut butter

Chromium CR - crisps

Sodium Na - nachos

Aluminium AL - alcohol

Bismuth BI - biscuits

Nitrogen N - nuts

Gadolinium GD (reverse to DG) - dodgers

Tellurium TE - tea

You need the Bunsen burner to heat the water for a large cup of tea.

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[AncientMum Graduate in reply to dozzer19]

Pah!! You mean I'd almost sussed it and you didn't tell me! I got the biscuits and the flippin' dodgers. I was just too specific with the ale. Would never have got nuts though. Tea might have been possible if I'd stopped heading off on a wild goose chase about anagrams grrrrrrrrr. Feeling Phosphorus, iodine and a whole heap of sulphur-ed, oxygen and a ton of fluorine, at the moment. Better get those trainers on because I'm coming up there after you!!

[dozzer19 Graduate]

Oh god, I suppose I ought to. You're all so brave putting up with this arsing about rather than me doing any running.

[AncientMum Graduate]

Sweet of you to say so mdear but I let myself get distracted. Should have focussed on it being all about the initial letters. Grrr. Feel like I do when I mess up a sudoku Heading off to make a pot of tellurium and eat a mirror image of gadolinium

[OldNed Graduate]

Sounds like a load of unobtainium to me