[TML] Ingenious Chemistry, was Re: NY Reload

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 3/4/08 10:46 PM, "shadow at shadowgard.com" <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:

> And then there's that lovely stuff that goes by a number of names,
> one of which is "nitrogen iodide". That can be set off by a falling
> feather.

There was a great scene, can't remember in what story, where a kid in a
boarding was prone to poetry.  Of course this didn't do well for his
reputation, and on of the bullies liked to break into his stuff and read his
poetry aloud (mockingly).

So, the kid mixes up a batch, painted the inside of a desk drawer, and lets
it get around that he's been writing.  Of course anything with iodine tends
to leave purple stains, so the bully ends up "painted".  :)

> And no, I won't tell you how to make any of them. I'll just note that
> anything written after about 1965 that purports to tell you how ids
> probably deliberately written incorrectly and will either get you
> something that doesn't work or go "boom" while you are making it.

1965?  Some sort of conspiracy develop then?

ps., I understand the Anarchist Cookbook and similar items tend to tell the
truth.  With copious warnings never to do the things they describe.  :)