On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:11:10 +0000 (UTC), Rick Chappell
> wrote:
>I like this thread. Any conversation which mixes tea, transitional
>states of matter and xenobiology ought to be an interesting one.

Yes, indeed.

To the OP:
Have you tried other types of tea in the pot or the same tea in a
different pot yet? Is it the pot, the tea, or only both together? Did
you try it with different water (i.e. bottled)?

>> Pixies or spooks are at work.
>
>Sprites maybe? Or do I have the wrong beverage?

Have you angered any Cthulhu cultists in your area lately? If the
slime begins to move on its own and grow tentacles, that's a Bad
Thing.

I'm just joking. Actually this sounds like the doings of a näkki, a
malicious water troll. What you need to do is to go to the nearest
source of open, standing water (a lake or pond, a swamp will also do),
tie together two young tree stalks that grow there so that they cross
over the water, hang a piece of a burned stone in the intersection of
the stalks, and pitch one piece of amber, two pieces of silver, three
pieces of gold and four teaspoons of tealeaves (fresh, mind you) in
the water under the stone. Then walk or wade widdershins around this
offering three times and recite something in Latin or ancient
Sumerian. Sanskrit will also do in a pinch.

If that doesn't help, you'll just have to get some lab to do a proper
analysis of the stuff for you (and please let us know what they say).


Jarmo Louet