and it comes with its own mandatory form

last week i was in need of some glue. nothing fancy - just plain old white school glue. i went into our supply closet at work and found this ...

looks like plain old white school glue, huh? and it is. but, since this plain old white sticky substance was packaged for the federal government it is called ...

adhesive, polyvinyl, acetate emulsion general purpose CID A-A-1270

and it's intended use is not just to "stick things together." no, that would be too simple. this emulsion ...

corresponds to class "A" of MMM-A-180. it is for general purpose bonding of paper, fabrics and wood, but not for use on photos, bare metal or joints subjected to heat, soaking or high stress

think i'm kidding? here's a picture of the label ...

worried that you might go a little crazy and glue your fingers together? no worries. call 1-800-424-9300 - the EMERGENCY number listed on the label!! (i can't get them to come and fix my network connection, but the GLUE has an emergency number??!!?!?!? who am i kidding? i LOVE this place!)