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Bluffboy says: My mate cheated death and burned his eyebrows off looking down the barrel of a potato gun. Tell us about your brushes with the Grim Reaper through stupidity.

(, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 20:01)
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Unlucky!
We've been doing one a week for a few months for the undergrads. Even made a very nice chemical lighter for it thast gives us plenty of 'fuck-off quick' time.
(, Mon 16 Feb 2009, 12:29, 1 reply)
Is it
Potassium permanganate and glycerol, by any chance? Works wonders, that does.
(, Mon 16 Feb 2009, 12:54, closed)
Nah
Tis iron oxide and aluminium, usually ignited with magnesium ribbon as it needs a VERY high temperature to ignite.
(, Mon 16 Feb 2009, 13:11, closed)
I think that they were referring to the chemical lighter
rather than the thermite reaction itself.
(, Mon 16 Feb 2009, 13:43, closed)
yep
tis powdered rust amd aluminium, mixed nicely and catalysed by a high temp fuse such as magnesium ribbon. will burn through just about anything.
(, Thu 19 Feb 2009, 1:00, closed)

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