[fieldmarshaldj]

"Reindeer, that ever popular subarctic deer also have a high iron content, as do the seals ~ so anemia was probably not a problem for anyone in the North ~ on the other hand, too much iron is a problem for most everybody without some sort of porphyria to get rid of the surplus. Iron deposits in the skin would have been common with this crowd ~ might even have looked rather metalic."

Not to mention perpetually constipated.

[muawiyah]

So, we have the purple peeing, ever constipated metal men of the North!

Wrap those guys in a berserker and you got something else again.

[rktman]

(sarc on)Seriously? It was probably actually from eating mercury laden tuna fishes caused by pollution from those coal fired power plants that Atlantis used before sinking in to the ocean somewhere off the Bahamas. Or Portugal. Or someplace. No matter though. I’m taking a stand tomorrow, despite Sir Paul’s suggestion that we eat no turkey, and chowing down. Woo Hoo!
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