[YANI] Lamp cleaning (slight spoiler)

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You can also just apply the 250 gold potion to determine whether it's oil or
acid, then apply again if it is. The potion isn't used up in the process.

"Yashichi" <devnull@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
newsan.2005.05.31.05.09.28.675890@127.0.0.1...
> Given:
> - #dipping an oil lamp into acid only produces the "interesting" message
> - most people with any modicum of experience price-id their potions before
> dipping
> - almost nobody will dip a lamp into anything they don't expect to be oil
> or acid
>
> Instead of making the acid a free #name identification, this seems like
> the perfect time to offer a cute message!
>
> You remove a layer of tarnish from the lamp. --more--
> Your lamp gleams brightly. --more--
> Call a foo potion:
>
> --
> "We are setting a standard for the rest of the world in the treatment
> of people who may have loyalties to an enemy nation. We are protecting
> ourselves without violating the principles of Christian decency."
> Milton S. Eisenhower, "Japanese Relocation" (1943 propaganda film)
>