I think they were using Beryllium as an ingredient in bicycle frames.

I would hate to rack myself on a beryllium-infused bicycle frame.

Isn't Beryllium also what you drink before you get an upper GI exam??

Ooh, look! A beryllium enema!

Probably.

I wonder if borracho got the beryllium special in Cambodia?

Actually, I spent the trip with an American girl who was friends with my close friend.

Did she have beryllium sphere ben-wa balls?

Heh. I tried to get the two-for-one deal with another American girl who travelled with us a few weeks but apparently she liked my friend.

Does she know what Berryllium is?

Is that anything like squid on a stick... because I'm sure I had that.

Not on that trip but that girl would probably have been down for it.

Hah! Too slow! It's like your fingers are typing in molten beryllium!

Ok, if we're going to do this we need to be technically accurate.

Elemental beryllium is a steel grey, strong, light-weight yet brittle, alkaline earth metal. It is primarily used as a hardening agent in alloys (most notably beryllium copper).

Beryllium foils:

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