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"I know a railwayman of 40-odd years' service," says Juan Quar, "and he tells me a new gruesome yarn each time we meet. Last week's was of checking the time on the wristwatch of a severed arm he'd just collected after a track fatality."

Tell us the horrible stories you tease the new hires with, or that you've been told.
NB By definition, these are probably all made up. Roll with it

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 17:33)
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You're safe.
Alien 3 was in a leadworks, there's about a 1000°C difference.
(squigbobble existed, Mon 9 Sep 2013, 9:49, 1 reply)
Nice metallurgical pedantry,
but would a human body sink into molten lead, or float atop and sizzle?
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 9 Sep 2013, 16:32, closed)
Molten lead is about 50% denser than molten iron assuming they're both around their melting point.
If you fall into something the force is typically several times your weight so you can still penetrate the surface even if the fluid is more dense than the object. How it reacts depends largely on the viscosity which again depends on the temperature in molten metals.

Also ... Alien3 is shit.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 9 Sep 2013, 18:08, closed)
With all the corpse-fondlers and heavy industry workers that this /qotw has produced,
I'd have thought we could rustle up some conclusive proof, rather than just conjecture. Oh well.

Alien3 is easily my favourite Alien film.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 10 Sep 2013, 13:12, closed)
Your last sentence guarantees
that you fully deserve everything that comes your way.
(s0ckpuppet logging out to reply to you if you're not careful, Tue 10 Sep 2013, 13:38, closed)
AvP?
No one deserved that.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 10 Sep 2013, 16:09, closed)
AvP2
Was like a frigging 50s B-movie.
(squigbobble existed, Wed 11 Sep 2013, 11:01, closed)
I reckon I might have enjoyed that, if I could be bothered to watch it.
Sitting through Predators was a dreadful mistake, though.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Sep 2013, 11:15, closed)
It starts off ok...
...but gets more and more OTT as it progresses.
(squigbobble existed, Wed 11 Sep 2013, 11:38, closed)

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