American paper manufacturers once made paper from linen wrappings of mummies
17 replies, posted
A Worcester librarian and researcher believes she has found definitive proof that an urban legend — that American paper manufacturers once made paper from the linen wrappings of Egyptian mummies — is indeed true.
[url]http://www.telegram.com/article/20100102/NEWS/1020340/1003/RSS01&source=rss[/url]
That's fucking gross. I'd like to have a sheet just to have one.
Wouldn't the cost of getting the mummies and shipping them over here be way greater than the income from the paper?
Looks like the company is going to get [B]mummified[/B] after the media finds out.
In other news: WWII won by the Allies
Old news, we've known this for years.
[QUOTE=Splurgy;19552583]In other news: WWII won by the Allies[/QUOTE]
Really? I thought we were all ruled by nazi goverment people.
So paper mills have always smelled like death?
We used to use mummies for all sorts of shit, as I remember we ground them up and sold them as cure-all powder.
early day recycling? shits good
[QUOTE=Rubs10;19552439]Wouldn't the cost of getting the mummies and shipping them over here be way greater than the income from the paper?[/QUOTE]
Mummies and shit, back in the older days were worth nothing. Literally, locals sold pieces from tombs as novelties to tourists.
Wait what? How is that possible?!
Oh fuck you Google ads.
[IMG]http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/996/ancientegytianmummies.png[/IMG]
-snip- Just read the article.
Still, that's gross. Who even came up with the idea for that kind of shit?
I want that ream of paper so I can draw dicks on it.
:wtc:
Now that is class.
[QUOTE=Rubs10;19552439]Wouldn't the cost of getting the mummies and shipping them over here be way greater than the income from the paper?[/QUOTE]
There used to be A LOT of mummies around. We're talking millions.
I just read an article about a shipload of mummified cats shipped from Egypt to Britain to be used as fertilizer.
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.
