Homebrew PCBs

derekhawkins wrote:
> 
> Just started high school chemistry at around 14 years old....Had this 
> fungus looking mark about the size of quarter on my arm that none of 
> the doctor prescribed ointments could get rid of....Decided to steal 
> some HCL from the chemistry lab one day and dabbed some on the spot 
> that night....It started burning like hell and large pink craters 
> started forming on my skin....Rushed to the bathroom and flooded it 
> with water....Well, the good news is that the fungus went away for good 
> and the bad news is that I have the scars to this very day.
> 
> That episode is in the top five of the dumbest things I ever did as a 
> kid.
> 

Ahhhh, nothing like good old 18th century medication :)