Chemistry chuckle


Bringing children up right, entry #n

A triumphant crow from the other room, where Daughter is doing her Chemistry homework: "Sweet! H₂SO₄! I know that one."

I had to laugh. She knew I would.

Long ago (but not too terribly far away, only 200 miles or so) when I was in primary school, I had a book of bad poems, doggerel really, entitled Yours 'Til Niagara Falls. It was a collection of bad puns, limericks, fake book title / author pairs, very (very) slightly suggestive things to write when signing yearbooks, etc.

And one of my favorites, which I've passed on to my children because yes, I am a geek, is:

Little Annie took a drink, but she shall drink no more
For what she thought was H₂O was H₂SO₄.

So you see, my kids have all known the chemical formula for sulfuric acid from an incredibly tender age.

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