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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 03:38 PM
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Are The Gold Medals Given At The Olympics Real Gold?
If so would you melt it down and sell the gold, since it is over $800 and ounce?

:woohoo: :hi:
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 03:43 PM
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1. Iron pyrite
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 03:57 PM
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2. What's with these crappy medals filled with plastic goo?
Cheap ass BOOC.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 04:54 PM
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4. no, that's jade....
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 04:41 PM
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3. Nope. Hersheys and tinfoil.
Duh.
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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 05:19 PM
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5. Rules according to the IOC...
All the medals have to be at least 60 millimeters in diameter and three millimeters thick. Gold and silver have to be made of 92.5% pure silver with the gold gilded with at least six grams of gold.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 09:45 PM
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6. and the reverse side of the Beijing medals contains jade, in a different
color for each medal category
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 09:50 PM
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7. $800 an ounce? Sheesh. Giving up only, what, 15% of Fort Knox, and we'd be debt free
with plenty to spare! :silly:
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 09:59 PM
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8. I would have it bronzed
Jeez, I can't believe I just retold a joke so old and threadbare that Milton Berle would have sneered at it
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-15-08 10:00 PM
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9. It's China. They're probably made of lead.
:shrug:
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