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  2. Anyone here use Grecian Formula? - Straight Dope

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    Grecian Formula = Bad. hh. Khadaji July 13, 2009, 11:59am 3. handsomeharry: I used it about 15 years ago, with similar results. It smelled like I fell into a sulphur pit. There were also some weird restrictions, like, you can’t use conditioner, or something like that. Pretty lame results for all of the grief.

  3. Why can't I use Grecian Formula on my beard? - Straight Dope

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    Grecian formula was once rumored to contain arsenic. I cannot find a reference to arsenic but Wikipedia entry says it has been banned in Canada because of lead acetate - and that it doesn’t work well on facial hair. Jackmannii November 19, 2012, 5:21pm 21. You wind up with a green beard, don’t come running to us.

  4. Grecian Formula - Factual Questions - Straight Dope

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    Gradual or progressive dyes—like Grecian Formula 16—surprised me. They are usually marketed to men and contain lead acetate [Pb(CH3COO)2]. As the solution is rubbed on the hair, it penetrates the cuticle and the Pb2+ ions react with sulfur atoms in the proteins to form lead sulfide (PbS), which is a dark color.

  5. Why can't I use Grecian Formula on my beard? - Straight Dope

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    My otherwise youthful appearance is ruined my the grey hairs that are peppered within my beard. I have absolutely no grey in the hair on my head. The makers of Grecian Formula warn not to use their product on the beard,…

  6. Porn Names - How Does the Formula Work? - Straight Dope

    boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-names-how-does-the-formula-work/76352

    using the pet name/road name formula, I’m TOOTSIE 49. (I know sixty-nine, the logistics of a forty-nine escape me. I think one of us has to be dead) My friend, with the same formula, is MISTY RANGE. He was ecstatic. P.S. I’d watch a porno starring someone called WeeGee.

  7. Polling: Unskewed Polls and comments on polling (moved from...

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    Weighting certainly makes the polls more accurate, and perhaps that can be calculated with some complex formula. But such a complex formula is blown out of the water when you have to call 100 registered voters to get one or two respondents. This makes it basically an opt-in sample.

  8. Different Coca-Cola cap colors, do they mean anything?

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    I have two bottles of Coke on my desk at work. They are the same product, 20 oz. Coca-Cola Classic in a plastic bottle. However, one has a red cap and the other a black cap. They were purchased on different days, one from a gas station and the other from a supermarket. They are otherwise identical. Do the different colors signify anything? Different distributors or bottlers, perhaps? Different ...

  9. What's your Porn Star Name? - Straight Dope

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    Mine would be Steve Rivers. A Quick Guide: Your middle name becomes your first name, and the name of the street you grew up on becomes your last name. Alternatively: If the standard formula doesn’t produce a sexy enough handle, feel free to improvise. ~Winston Smith, aka Steve Rivers. Lord_Ashtar April 5, 2004, 2:33pm 2.

  10. What Was "GL-70"? (Ingredient in Gleem Toothpaste)

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    Factual Questions. ralph124c February 18, 2005, 10:12pm 1. I’ve been watching some of the old 1950’s-60’s commercials that play on TVLAND. I am partcularly fascinated by the names that the adxertising mavens dreamed, to plug their products. In particular, toothpaste…one 50’s brand was “Gleem”, which contained a secret ingredient ...

  11. ammonia and aluminum mixed together? - Straight Dope

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    Exactly. The reaction between aluminum and Ammonia (Ammonium hydroxide) is similar to the one between aluminum and sodium hydroxide (lye). Here’s a link describing the Al, NaOH reaction. If you’ve ever used Drano, which is a mixture of sodium hydroxide pellets and Aluminum flakes you’ve seen this reaction. You end up with boiling water ...