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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Picric Acid #184228 04/10/2009 2:07 PM Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 Pau stranger Pau stranger Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 Pickwickian made me quickly think of picric acid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picric_acid It's an innocent sounding name. But if you ignore the bottle of picric acid in the back of the store room, salts condense and crystalize in the bottle making it explosive and very sensitive to shock. Not no naive or innocent. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Picric Acid Pau #184231 04/10/2009 3:32 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Put some picric acid in your Pickwick tea and you'll have a blasting picknick. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Picric Acid Pau #184233 04/10/2009 6:10 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Back in my college days, there was a major emergency in the old Nat Sci building. As someone was going through some old stuff (probably in anticipation of a move to a new bldg), someone came across an ancient jar containing picric. Alarm and consternation ensued. Firetrucks, disposal units, hazmat units, ems personnel, police, etc. Pretty entertaining to those of us safely across the street in the engineering complex. Well, it was entertaining, until we started to wonder what forgotten relics awaited rediscovery in the dungeons of our own castles. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Picric Acid TheFallibleFiend #184279 04/14/2009 12:37 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando ParkinT enthusiast ParkinT enthusiast Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando Thanks, Pau, for the Wiki link. I just learned something new. Sounds to me like: discovering Picric is no Picnic !! "I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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