EccentricsWe all know someone who's a little bit strange - Mum's UFO abduction secret, or the mad Uncle who isn't allowed within 400 yards of Noel Edmonds.
Tell us about your family eccentrics, or just those you've met but don't think you're related to.
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chthonic, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 19:08)
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The mad chemistry teacher, Fit the Second.As I said before, he was a nutcase, but a good bloke and teacher.
One time at band camp he was showing us the Transition Metals. He then preceded to take the Mercury out of the jar roll it around in his hand and then drink it. He said that it was harmless, we knew better. He didn’t get as much out as he put in though, and he died a few years later!
(, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 10:14, 4 replies)
mercury is harmless,as the body can't digest it.it's the compounds you gotta watch for
/pedantichemistryblog
(, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 11:47, closed)
Yup,he'd have excreted the stuff. Seeing THAT rolling around your toilet bowl'd wake you up in the morning!
(, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 12:21, closed)
I heard..That ingesting mercury in sufficient quantity caused immediate involutary micturation and defecation..
That would wake you up in the morning!
(Any truth in that by the way?)
(, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 13:56, closed)
yeah..Mercury is only really dangerous in compounds or when it's a gas. Mercury vapour will fuck you up. But as a liquid it's not too bad - why do you think they're allowed to use it in schools?
(, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 21:22, closed)
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