A man and his wife were taking a tour through the smelting plant of the U.S. Mint. One of the workers told them that if they would dip their hand in cold water, he could then pour the liquid metal over their hands without hurting them. He asked the man if he wanted to try it and the man said he would just take the worker’s word on it.
The worker then asked the wife and she agreed. She put her hand in the water and then held it out while the worker poured the molten metal over it. As it just ran off her hand, the wife said,
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