On 09/15/2011 05:12 PM, Warp wrote:
> Alain<aze### [at] qwertyorg>  wrote:
>> Back then, when the novels were writen, mirrors had a silver and mercury
>> reflective coating. Sime mercury was placed on the glass, then a foil of
>> silver was spread over it. The whole was then compressed in a stack with
>> felt cushions for something like 7 years. (the origin of the 7 years bad
>> luck for breaking a mirror, also the price as a commoner would need to
>> save for about 7 years to be able to buy one) Over 60% of the mirrors
>> ended up broken and unusable after that.
>
>    I'm not saying I doubt that, but I have seen so many urban legends that
> this kind of thing immediately tingles my BS detector. I would love to see
> some credible reference to this. :)
>

You guys are cracking me up here ... this thread started as a purely 
tongue in cheek observation of nocturnal posting habits. I'm amazed at 
the over analysis that's going on now. Have mercy ... some of you could 
drain every ounce of fun out of a rousing game of trivial pursuit.

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