What happens when you mix saltpeter and creosote?

[Taverner]

Dumb question, really...

[era veteran]

1. Your hands get real sticky but they don't rot.

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. Creosote is used to lengthen the lifespan of crucial wooden infrastructure...

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...like utility poles, railroad ties, and pier pilings -- often
keeping them viable for 40 years or more.
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Saltpeter was used (without basis) to curb male libido.
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So I guess the substances would cancel each other out and your
woody structure would neither collapse nor last long.
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:shrug:
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[Taverner]

3. Saltpeter also makes things go boom

As in explosives

[HopeHoops]

4. A slightly rude joke and a Monty Python skit.

[elleng]

9. ...

:thumbsup:
:rofl:

[EFerrari]

5. . . .

:rofl:

[liberaltrucker]

6. A very limp utility pole

Just a guess.

:rofl:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Flaccid railroad ties.

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. OK... if I ever have another band, I know what the name will be now.

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Flaccid Auld Railroad Ties.
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But we'll be best-known by our acronym.
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[sarge43]

8. A very frustrated wooden bridge. n/t

[av8rdave]

11. When I was a young cadet at the Academy, it was rumored

That they mixed Salt Peter into the mashed potatoes to curb our sex drives.

It didn't work.