"Skwala" wrote in news:1Az9g.2125$n14.64
@fe03.lga:

Spec-tacular! I had a way cool science teacher in the 8th grade, and I
remember this like it was yesterday. First, he brought the class outside
to the edge of a field, in the middle of which was a 5-gal bucket. He then
produced a jar with a chunk of sodium (about the size of a bar of soap)
immersed in motor oil or kerosene. He cut about a third of it off with a
pocket knife, re-sealed the remainder, stored the jar and casually walked
out to the bucket with the sodium on the end of his knife. All we saw was
him leaning over the bucket for a second, and then hauling a$$ back to
where the class was gathered. Very shortly thereafter....BOOOM!!!

Ahhh...memories!

Sam

P.S. we got a brand new teacher for advanced chemistry after that.

Only, not like this.

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