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you're not gonna be successful. I'd put up WW's blocks of brown sugar against any of Consuelo's challengers in Mexico.
Try pounding with a heavy metal meat tenderizer thingie ...or even scraping ... works a charm.
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how about a red paperOr a red letter day  (and what does that mean, anyway? I always assumed a day you get lots of final demands  )
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for some reason blue paper was common in colonial daysThis strikes me as a bit weird, Trojan, which isn't to say it's wrong. But writing on blue paper (unless very pale blue) doesn't read well at all - which would be bad news for laws . Are you sure the laws weren't written/printed in blue ink, like using carbon paper? Not that that would have existed in colonial days, but... ummm.. never mind. 
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Dear Fish,
I looked up indigo and paper on the web, and learned that indigo-dyed paper was commonly used for writing paper in colonial days. I'll try to find the url I was reading and will post it here later.
There was an interesting note on one of the sites that the indigo dye used in blue paper was effective as an insect repellant.
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Brilliant detective work, hev I reckon you've sussed the lot, including the "blue laws"!
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Thanks for your help. Yes, indeedy things do tend to mutate from their original form. I am reminded of working with the "Gifted and talented" students. Lots of ideas flying around everywhere. This is just fine with me.
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Re: the indigo dye used in blue paper was effective as an insect repellant.--
Which makes perfect sense! if you were going to have a big 2.5 K(5lbs) loaf of sugar, you'd want something to keep the ants away!
and since all sorts of spiders and mites eat paper, blue paper make a whole lot more sense!
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To be more exact on what a red letter day is:
In missals and prayer books, the Church Kalendar is usually found in the front. Major feast days are shown in red, lesser feasts/observances in black type. Just as, in the text of a rite, such as the Mass, the words to be spoken are in black, the directions are in red, and are called 'rubrics', a word which has been taken up in secular usage. A rubric can mean an aside, or an instructional or clarifying note to a text.
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for some reason blue paper was common in colonial days.
Out of the blue, I should guess that this had to do with an ancient duplicating method (blueprint has the same root). The paper was chemically treated so that the original could be "photocopied" with sunlight, and the copy came out blue.
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