Mercury, god of thermometers

Who remembers mercury? It was that stuff you never really got to know till the thermometer broke. Then, if you were lucky enough to catch it, you could play with it. Just one thermometer’s worth wasn’t enough for much fun.A friend of mine had a brother with an impressive stash of mercury. He must’ve broken several thermometers to put together such an amount — maybe a teaspoon or more. He kept it…