In message , BrritSki 
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>One of my school friends was a brilliant chemist - the analysis lab. 
>sessions that took the rest of us a couple of hours took him 5 minutes 
>and then he'd cause havoc for the rest of the triple period. This often 
>resulted in him being sent to the stock-room to clear (up) or 
>stock-take or something, where he would spend his time happily 
>gold-plating pennies...

What follows was told us by our chemistry master, so may well be 
fictional ...

There was a particularly good student (whom everybody knew was good), 
who tended to finish the practical exam ahead of time and would then 
play - putting reagents of an obvious colour into his burette. According 
to the master, it was interesting to watch the colours propagate around 
the lab, as everyone copied him ...
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL(+++)IS-P--Ch+(p)Ar+T[?]H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
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I've banked the cheque!

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the God who endowed me with sense,
reason, and intellect intends me to forego their use". - Gallileo Gallilei