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so what went wrong?

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some budding scientists made or bought the black powder ingredients only to take off eyebrows during inappropriate handling - oopps I forgot about static electricity..........

I used to make tetrasulphur tetranitride, when pure far more sensitive than C-4 - to shock, thermal shock, static, friction, over-purification, etc I have seen where all these worked to make it "go off" - and with the detonating power of many commercial explosives.

Once made 10g of it by accident (really from an azide that got mixed up in the labelling process, ooops), we almost called in the bomb squad, was I sweating in that H&S meeting - you bet.....

But still I see it as a tragedly when fireworks are abused (lighting them in the hand is that even though it might be fun) and people or animals suffer.

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not this:
http://edge.ebaumsworld.com/2008/01/fireworks.jpg

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I never put a foot wrong, back-chatted my parents, nicked off school, grabbed an extra biscuit when parents weren't looking. I was a good girl :angel:


























:lol:

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That sounds a totally reasonable practice to me :)

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didn't mention that the kids were in their 30s :lol:

as Pams says "Only in New Zealand" :p

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I can remember we used to take chloroform from the Biology lab and use it on the bus on the way home - the journey took half an hour, but so much quicker when comatosed!

Also remember being stopped by the police for riding my motorcycle round the estate - just because I was 14 and wearing a German army helmet instead of a crash helmet- picky or what. (They just laughed and told me to ride it straight home - happy days)

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That made me laugh! :rofl::goodpost:

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lol - the cops would be issuing some fixed penalty notice thingy/ASBO nowadays....

like the chloroform one - did you try it on the driver? that would have been interesting.....
someone in the class took some phenoltheialin (sp?) indicator liquid and added a couple of drops to chemistry teacher's tea, I must say it is a potent laxative...... :eek:

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Jeez - glad I didn't work at your school!!!

One boy nicked some chemicals, put them in a paper bag and carefully placed it under the wheel of a teachers car - exploded when they drove off - not bad, just enough to make him think the tire had blown. He is probably working for the MoD weapons department now.

Thinking about it, we were deviant little pluckers, but at least we had some knowledge of science, so it was the teachers own fault for educating us too well. Tell you what though, in all my years at school I never, ever once saw the level of disrespect that I see now.

Sue is working in a child care center at the moment and in the past 2 weeks she has been sworn at, kicked, punched and bitten - by 3 year olds. Right there.

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What about that strange bald guy in the "Pure" energy drink adverts? How much would you pay for you husband not to become like him? :eek:

I think the sports and energy drink market is saturated at this point. My supermarket has an entire isle devoted to flogging these.

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You looked like a strange bald guy holding a cat, if that was your photo :rofl::eek:

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:hysterical:
yeah and I'm Roger Moore :D
or is that Austin Powers?? :unsure:

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like the stuff in the bottles......flowing all along the rows of groceries

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:thumbsup: