At school we did chemistry practicals in pairs except me. The kid I was paired with was a real klutz in one year he managed the following

Tripped over a stool while carrying a lighted taper in one hand and an open winchester of ethanol in the other.

Tipped, I think sodium hydroxide crystals, on the bench then brushed them into the sink and turned the taps on. Fountains of boiling black gunk errupted from the drain shortly after.

Used 20 molar hydrgen peroxide in a kinetics experiment (he forgot to dilute it). The polstyrene cup melted spilling the H2O2 across the bench

Tripped over a stool again stumbled into the burrette rack 1 week before they were need in the A level practical exam.

Tipped away a brand new bottle of silver nitrate which was also to be used in an exam titration a week later.

Finally, although this was not his fault, sublimated iodine in a fume cupboard which blew a fuse when the extraction was turned on the found the door was jammed so we couldn't close the cupboard.

You can see why I was separated from him can't you!

Chris if you're reading this how did you end up a Chemist in charge of ICI chemicals Runcorn plant?

And Suzi don't worry I think he managed most of this wearing goggles!

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Used 20 molar hydrgen peroxide in a kinetics experiment (he forgot to dilute it). The polstyrene cup melted spilling the H2O2 across the bench


Finally, although this was not his fault, sublimated iodine in a fume cupboard which blew a fuse when the extraction was turned on the found the door was jammed so we couldn't close the cupboard.

You can see why I was separated from him can't you!

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Laughing here great post Karsten..........but looking at the formulas I reckon you should have been "bonded" for life lol..........wonder what happened to him and what he eventually became? A xx

Ok I stretched a bit he did all those things and ended up a Senior Chemist at ICI Runcorn but not running the whole place. Thank God!

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at school i accidentally dropped some iron sulphate in my pocket then dropped out again on a chair in the canteen. Then by total fluke accidentally spilt some vinegar on it and darted outside.

honest sir, thats what went down.

My Sister works at ICI Runcorn Karston

What sort of a school did you go to Karston- sounds like an Al Quieda training camp!

OH lord tell her to stay well away from the senior chemist then popi.........lol.....A xx

Here's one for Popi- a mate of mine was in the hospital set up on HMS Bulwark and had to spin some blood down. There was no centrifuge available, so he tied the test tubes to the ceiling fan!

One of the test tubes came adrift just as an officer came in and it whistled past his head and hit the wall.

It was very much thought of, very very much thought of! Al Quieda? no they were in the school rifle range!

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I was on the Bulwark,only officers mess had fans jezer,the rest of us had to sweat,imagine that in a mess deck of 160 men