Comments on 'Carminic acid'"Hi, I'm Carmine." He flashed a grin at the woman before him.
She smiled back. "Carmine. Made from Carminic acid. It's used as a red food dye. A good number of people are allergic to it."
He just blinked. Whatever segue to a conversation he had been expecting. _That_ hadn't been one. 2008-08-29T06:06:53Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/30179Comment on Carminic acid<p>@WX Millhap, no, not anything personal. One of my favorite actor’s first name is Carmine. As a chemistry major that reminded me of something that I couldn’t place so I looked it up. Knowing how I goof things up, I thought this was probably what I’d say to him if I met him.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30179?basename=901062008-08-29T06:06:53ZTatianaMikhttp://ficlets.com/authors/tatianamikComment on Carminic acid<p>Love this. Your precision is great… and it may be personal but I love obscure yet factual references.</p>
<p>Working up a sequel it struck me so well… it’ll be my first!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30179?basename=899412008-08-27T23:35:18ZW X Millhaphttp://ficlets.com/authors/millhapComment on Carminic acid<p>I was never good at spelling.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30179?basename=617302008-05-12T06:50:56ZTatianaMikhttp://ficlets.com/authors/tatianamikComment on Carminic acid<p>Segue, segway is an overpriced scooter.</p>
<p>Sorry.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30179?basename=616332008-05-11T18:53:36ZAndrew Plamondonhttp://ficlets.com/authors/andrew_plamondon