I never held the brick in my HAND.......ewww! I used 2 fingertips for the least amount of time possible.
YELLOW brick road? Considering what type of pipe that broke and your own reference to ancient White Manna sliders, I don't think yellow would my first choice of color description. My number one choice would be number two...........kinda like this:
Since all bricks were WAY underground, I don't think referring to the road as ANY color brick would work, so I must bid this topic adieu:
I'll let one of the road workers add the finishing touch:
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