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Scientists from University College (isn’t that redundant?) London, United Kingdom analyzing the graves of indigenous Cubans who traded with Columbus found that they valued shoelace tags more than gold:
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Julian
If you think that is redundant, check out the University of Maryland University College!
Reed
It makes sense. Gold is not useful for many practical purposes (outside of electronics, etc.) while small brass tubes could be either useful, or impressive at how they were worked into tubes (vs. lumps of raw gold).
tom
The correct term for those thingys that keep your shoelace from turning into poodle-tails is “aglet. As in “your aglets are awry.” That’s a classy way to tell someone their shoelaces are untied. Right before you give them a blistering uppercut to the jaw.
Denita TwoDragons
Ya think about it, only a “civilized” country would hold one of the most useless metals in such high esteem! *LOL*
–TwoDragons
Aleki
Gold’s hardly useless. It’s virtually indestructible, it is a soft metal, easy to work with, shape, flatten or draw out into microscopic strands. Besides jewelry it’s used in telecomunications, computers, semiconductors, powered wheelchairs, spacecraft, telephones, wall jacks, tv’s, vcr’s, medicine, dentistry, eye surgery, lasers…..etc. etc.
not to mention toilets and rocking horses
jesse
I totally agree with the cubans on this one, gold-smold but shoelaces…where would you be without them?
s'rah
College and University and two different things in the UK, so no, to answer the question.
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