# Man turns BLUE! (And you thought you'd seen everything. . .)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 3, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-turns-blue-and-you-thought-youd-seen-everything/130713 "2002-10-03T17:37:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-turns-blue-and-you-thought-youd-seen-everything/130713/41 "2002-10-06T19:12:55Z")

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[Rosemary’s Blues](http://homepages.together.net/~rjstan/rose1.html)

Argyria victim’s website

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**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-turns-blue-and-you-thought-youd-seen-everything/130713/42 "2002-10-07T01:36:45Z")

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Well, I’ve never really seen a true blue-blood run for office without bringing it up every other second.

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-turns-blue-and-you-thought-youd-seen-everything/130713/43 "2002-10-07T01:59:00Z")

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Those of you with a literary bent will recognize that both the fictional _Big Fat Liar_ and the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction Montana Libertarian candidate are not without precedent.

This was all predicted by the 18th-century Italian playwright **Carlo Gozzi** (1720-1806) in his play _**Il Mostro turchino (The Blue Monster)**_, about a man who turns blue.

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