On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:23:11 +0000, Larry wrote:

Molesworth wrote in news:ukmole-
:

So 'Yes' to the plot then.

:-)


I think more "no" to the lawyers waiting to sue the battery store selling
acid.

Just say no to lawyers? Good idea. Use a shotgun.

Would YOU want to sell highly toxic acid to litigation-happy
customers? Are you crazy?!!

The acid is not particularly toxic, just corrosive. It is hydrogen
ions, found in your stomach already, and sulphate ions. Magnesium
sulphate is the well known Epsom salts. You can swallow a lot of it,
and while it is a laxative, it will not poison you. Vinegar is the
toxic one. A pint of regular vinegar will likely kill you. It is a
popular means of suicide in Russia. All you need is, oddly enough,is
over the counter antacids, to drink a good bit of dilute sulfuric
acid and suffer no real ill effects. The 98% stuff is highly dangerous
and they sell that to open clogged drains. The battery stuff is
dilute, and much less dangerous.

They sell concentrated sulfuric acid at the grocery store, as well as
deadly vinegar and glycol, not to mention lye, pure sodium hydroxide.
That stuff is really corrosive. It will dissolve a human body. The fat
turns into soap. You want grocery store toxic, check out the thallium
salts. Sold to kill ants. Mouse poison, roach poison, fly killer. Some
of that stuff is quite similar to nerve gas. Lots of hazmat at the
supermarket. For the inhaler of glue, toluene by the quart.

Casady