More burning, this time initiated by a teacher
During a science lesson the teacher was trying to explain different ways of dispersing oil from the surface of water. Each table was given a large margarine tub part filled with water with a layer of oil on top, along with this we were given either fairy liquid, kitchen roll, a spoon or a bunsen burner. The teacher obviously hadn't thought this one through as given 14 yr olds a bunsen burner and a plastic tub filled with water/oil isn't the best idea.

Oil catching on fire, melting the tub and covering the desk in burning plastic and oil is a lasting image I'll have of my time at highschool.
(leviaxxan lurking all over the world, Fri 9 Sep 2011, 9:44, Reply)