[DavidU (Dave)]

Originally Posted by sjastro

Another non astro tale.

Back in my Uni days in first year chemistry I used a pipette to suck out concentrated hydrochloric acid from a reagant bottle. Unfortunately the volume of the acid in the bottle was less than the volume capacity of the pipette. As anyone knows using a pipette as soon as you start sucking in air instead of fluid, the fluid will surge.

As a result I got a mouthful of concentrated hydrochloric acid. Fortunately I didn't swallow it but the inside of my mouth was badly burnt and my teeth were never as white as that.

The worst case scenario it may have qualified me for a Darwin award....

Steven