Sparkly ? WTF ?

Okay, so I bought this striped linen for my wedding petticoat/undies. And it said 100% LINEN. HUNDRED PERCENT. It felt relatively stiff and a little scratchy, like not very fine linen sometimes does. It's been washed and I started using it for my bodiced petticoat. And guess what ? It has METAL threads in it. Very fine metal threads. Yeah, metal. 100% linen. I suppose there go the legal 5% of other stuff that can get into the 100% tag. I'm not going to have any raw seam on the inside, and I'll wear a chemise under it anyway (and it's still pretty and stripey goodness !), but heck ! My pure linen has METAL bits in it !

Also, my throat is sore again. WTF ? Can I get over the sickness, please, and really enjoyt he one week of vacation ? Oh wait, I guess I can't.