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I‘m sure whoever invented glow in the dark technology envisioned a world of safety and utility.  Like glow sticks!  However apart from glow sticks (and even they make great toys) it seems that making things glow in the dark is more fun than useful.  Neil earned some money last week taking care of the neighbors’ dogs.  I asked him “What do you want to spend your money on?” and he said “I want sticky hands!”  We went looking for sticky hands.  He was excited when he found he could buy a dozen regular sticky hands for 5 dollars.  However, he was even more thrilled when he saw the same sticky hands available in glow in the dark.   He didn’t care that they were twice the price – dangit, he wanted his glow in the dark sticky hands.  “But, why?” I asked.  “Why would you play with them at night when you can’t see?”  I should have known.  “I’m not going to play with them at night.  I’m going to play with them in the closet!”  Hmmm, that makes sense.  Anyway, we’ve established that everything is better if it glows in the dark.  Here are some other things that glow in the dark:    

Glow Sticks: Better to send your kid out at night with a glow stick than a glow in the dark pig.    

Celestial ceiling decorations 

Goo: Who doesn’t love glow in the dark simulated boogers? 

Shoes    

Hair Gel: Weird but sorta cool    

Pigs: Scientists…    

Plants: Okay, okay, so some plants do it naturally.  Show offs.    

Thread    

Fingernail Polish   

Toilet Paper: For when the light in the bathroom burns out?  Camping?    

Scorpions: Yes, scorpions glow in the dark when exposed to black light.    

Minerals: Willemite, Calcite, Benitoite, Scheelite, Adamite, Fluorite, Sodalite, Hardystonite, Gypsum, Scapolite, and Zippeite are all fluorescent.    

Golf balls    

There you go.  The list can obviously go on forever.  The lesson is that everything can glow in the dark if you want it to badly enough.

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