From XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2975
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A mixture of mercury and bromine makes for a funny kind of water
Funny "Haha" or funny "Uh Oh"?
The latter. Mercury bromide is highly toxic (I'm pretty sure all mercury salts are highly toxic). Its also a solid, not a liquid.
But mercury and bromine are the only two liquid elements at room temperature in their elemental form, which is why they're "water". One is silver, the other reddish brown and syrupy.
Fun fact: did y'all know the Chinese Periodic Table, it has the type of elements built into the chemical symbols as the radical?

Like: 气 Air, 氵 Water, 石 Rock, 钅Metal
'Rockium' ? 'Airium'? How ridiculous!!!
Look at western periodic table: lithium, hydrogen, helium...
Mmmh OK then
Needs some saddam
Duuuudeee
This comment scared the shit out of me...
My wall-clock was broken, and I looked at my phone and said to my partner "it's not 9:11" and then five SECONDS later I got the notification from you "it's not 9/11".
That is fucking weird...
I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that I can't look at an image anymore and not find some way to interpret the vague shapes as Saddam Hussein.
Is that a Captain Planet reference?
What about sub elements?
You have metal and earth, and then metalloids.
Elements with a lot of alpha or beta emissions are lighting.
What would be wood?
Earth? Wood comes from trees and other plants that both grow from the earth, and decompose back into the earth.
But they grow of air and water without significantly consuming the earth they grow in.
I tried to make a woodchuck rhyme out of that and have linguistically satiated myself
They kept it off so captain planet won't come kick Trump's administration' ass. Just a guess.
is it just me or does it look like Susan Juan hiding spot?

edit: swipe to type let me down but it's funny so I'm keeping it
If "Fire" is supposed to represent radioactive elements, quite a few corrections would be necessary.
Other than that, nice concept.
Personally I think mercury is more of a 'wet earth' hybrid element.
Sulfer should be labeled "hell".
classical elements refers to mechanical properties (solid, liquid, gaseous), it does not refer to chemical elements.

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