Quick Fire Questions (A Place to Ask and Answer)

[Warren_Paul]

I'm not from UK so don't take me as a definite source, but from what I could dig up. There are laws in place in UK and probably the rest of the world that prevent the murderer from inheriting.

This might help:
The Forfeiture Rule

EDIT:

Just searched up an example for you that confirms it:
Wife murdered by husband

It was revealed today that Mrs Prout left her killer a gross estate of £626,463 and when her affairs were settled that amount dropped to £626,190.

However, British law forbids Prout from receiving any of the money because he carried out the killing.

[David Evil Overlord]

Is there a green metal? I ask because I have a character with green eyes and need a green metal for a poetic description of her glaring at her possibly-soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend.

[springs]

copper turns green when it's been exposed to the air for a while.

[Ursa major]

Who could possibly resist the romance of metal...?


The green copper compound that Springs mentions - malachite (Cu2CO3(OH)2), which is that pale green you can see on domes on buildings - is one of a number of green gemstones (some of whose names, to be fair, are usually associated with other colours).



(See http://gemologyonline.com/green.html, which was the first response on Google's search for green gems. The second response has rather more convincing pictures: http://www.bernardine.com/gemstones/green.htm.)

[David Evil Overlord]

Hmmm. Gemstones might be better. I wanted to convey a hard and unforgiving stare. Thanks guys.

[hopewrites]

Jade?
hard semi-precious rock (not a gem stone, but stone stone), dark green with black or white veining.

it also has been used to describe angry women, or so the internet tells me

• A hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite.
• A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

[David Evil Overlord]

You must always believe everything you read on the internet.

[hopewrites]

yes I must say that angry women are a complete myth to me, I would never have known about them without the aid of the internet. *suppressed mirth sparkles in mischievous eyes*

[David Evil Overlord]

I think if I described my character's eyes in terms of "exposed copper turning green", she might just turn into a completely angry myth.

And if I said her eyes were like (Cu2CO3(OH)2), she would probably think I was swearing at her.

[Alex, The G and T]

Eyes, the color of (ancient) (aged) (eldritch) (hoary) copper patina.
?

[springs]

I use emerald - but it's copyrighted to me.

[Hex]

Jade sort of has the right tone -- all that being 'a false jade' and stuff. There's malachite too -- that's green (and stripy...) How about the sea? That can be green -- and deep -- and scary?

[hopewrites]

"her eyes raged like Calypso's" kind of a thing??

[springs]

Originally Posted by hopewrites

"her eyes raged like Calypso's" kind of a thing??

Keep it clean, hope.

[David Evil Overlord]

Originally Posted by springs1971

I use emerald - but it's copyrighted to me.

Sorry, springs, but the Emerald City called. They seem to think it's copyrighted to them.