There was a time when
pencils were filled with
lead, we often licked
them for the smudge
effect when we were
drawing chimney smoke.
Now of course it is carbon,
PC plumbing practices
have changed. Can't even
sell a house in France if
there are lead pipes or
asbestos. Lead shot for
cartridges has been banned
there also, cows had been
eating pellets which in turn
contaminated the milk, but
that's the French, here in
Ireland there are still lead
pipes delivering domestic
water supplies to houses,
hospitals and primary schools.
As for the buckshot, our town
water is tainted with discarded
babies nappies, the price of
privatisation, cheaper to litter.


Oh: 2B back in France.