Re: uh - liquid nitrogen grenades???

[Roger Burton West <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On or about Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:46:42AM -0700, Robert J. Hansen typed:

>My Chem prof used to toss back shots of liquid nitrogen.  He'd pour a shot,
>toss it back, gargle with it and this enormous plume of nitrogen fog about a
>meter and a half high would just fountain out of his mouth.  The /hard/ part
>is not letting any hit your teeth, because the effects of LN2 on enamel are
>catastrophic.

Do Not Swallow. This is Important. It probably won't do you any damage,
but you will be burping for many hours afterwards.

Roger (must get hold of the stuff again...)