Mar 22 2009I Need Some!: Mercury(II) Thiocyanate
Mercury Thiocyanate used to be made into "Pharoah's Serpent" fireworks similar to the "black snake" tablets you light and watch grow into a crusty snake. Unfortunately, it produces mercury vapors during the process so now the tablets are made out of a much safer sodium bicarbonate compound. Boo, I know. Still, wicked awesome if you can get your hands on some. Which, thanks to my ultra-sweet Geekologie connections, I just have. So -- are you thinking what I'm thinking? If you guessed, "glue-stick a bunch to my penis and try to impress women at the bar", you are. High-five! Haha, that was just glue-stick, I swear. Now watch this!
UPDATE: IT BUUUUUUUURNS! *helicoptering* Ladies?
Thanks to John, who once beat Mr. Wizard in a match-holding contest.
Reader Comments
1. maby first - March 22, 2009 9:57 PM
first bitches!
2. Amazing - March 22, 2009 10:16 PM
Freaky.
3. Dinosaur Rex - March 22, 2009 10:20 PM
Hmm don't get the point of this
4. TBONE - March 22, 2009 10:20 PM
its like a time lapse video of Paris Hilton's crotch from age 13-20
5. Killer Banana J - March 22, 2009 10:21 PM
That isn't completely disgusting looking at all!
6. Killer Banana J - March 22, 2009 10:24 PM
Really it isn't!!! btw number five and six!!!!!!!!!
7. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - March 22, 2009 10:27 PM
That was unimpressive. And what was with that weak-ass sound effect?
8. naas - March 22, 2009 10:30 PM
@4 FTW. I was going to say and this was how the earth was made, but THAT was much more creative and true.
@7 yeah wtf was with the audio there, I was thinking the same thing
9. Ginger lover but not the kid kind the dog kind - March 22, 2009 10:33 PM
#5,6 =fail and how's ginger?
The artical is old seen that 4ever ago
10. Killer Banana J - March 22, 2009 10:36 PM
Gingers fine she had like 3 puppies but one was dead =(
11. m0nkey - March 22, 2009 10:37 PM
creepy..
12. Ginger lover but not the kid kind the dog kind - March 22, 2009 10:39 PM
NOOOOOO!!!!!!! Not Ginger jr.!!!!
13. Killer Banana J - March 22, 2009 10:45 PM
At least there are five other puppies to relive and keep Ginger's legacy alive!
14. Ginger lover but not the kid kind the dog kind - March 22, 2009 10:49 PM
Yea I hope so........
15. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - March 22, 2009 10:51 PM
... I Can Haz My 3min 10sec back Plz? Kaithxbai.
That vid was dumb enough to deserve LOLcat speak. Yeah. That Dumb.
16. schnackpack - March 22, 2009 10:52 PM
bonus points to anyone who can come up with a balanced chem equation?
17. naas - March 22, 2009 11:00 PM
@16 naas = out
18. Atlanta Private Investigator - March 22, 2009 11:10 PM
how cool! School experiments worldwide wish they could be this cool.....
19. HunnyBear - March 23, 2009 12:19 AM
speaking of mercury...what temperature does stuff vaporize at? i had some in a bottle next to my bed...dont ask...and one day i noticed it was all gone but the cork was still secure on the bottle...what the hell happened?! i didnt inhale it did i?! ahhhhhhhhhh
20. DH - March 23, 2009 12:37 AM
To those who think this is unimpressive: your Fallout 3 Science level = 0.
fantastico! post more of these.
21. Kady - March 23, 2009 1:16 AM
wtf did i just watch?
22. jugglez - March 23, 2009 1:44 AM
That was like "The Genesis Effect", I wish the factory where that stuff gets made would catch on fire (no injuries of course ((except for the tons of mercury going into the air))
23. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - March 23, 2009 2:02 AM
@20: I might be insulted if I knew wtf that meant...
24. Amy - March 23, 2009 4:39 AM
Am I crazy, or was anyone else reminded of Akira when they watched this?
25. Insanor - March 23, 2009 4:44 AM
ITS ALIVE
26. softlicious - March 23, 2009 5:53 AM
Cool!
Remember what a trillion dollars looked like? I wonder what a trillion pounds of this, burning, looks like. I hope the dudes who did a trillion dollars will do a trillion pounds of this.
27. Blade12 - March 23, 2009 6:53 AM
Urgh ... looked like it was emerging from the depths of hell itself.
The sound effects didn't help.
28. Shoka - March 23, 2009 7:02 AM
Cool, but it was kinda annoying that half the video was him scooping it out of the jar. After like the fifth scoop I was like... Yeah I get it.
29. Pat - March 23, 2009 8:42 AM
What the heck did I just watch?
30. Daisy - March 23, 2009 8:44 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max travelled all the way across the country to kill someone the same way his daughter did, and remove her from suspicion.
31. Graf Zeppelin - March 23, 2009 9:06 AM
I'd hit it.
32. how to enlarge penis - March 23, 2009 10:46 AM
Thats just plain weird!
33. Psuedonym - March 23, 2009 11:21 AM
Could have done with a good 2 minutes less of the guy suspensefully putting the powder into the tank. :|
34. Kup - March 23, 2009 12:27 PM
@4, u funny, Mongo like fire.
35. the black penny - March 23, 2009 2:49 PM
if some one walked in and busted this guy with something dark and nasty growing in a box..hmmmm
36. Beastman Aids - March 23, 2009 3:54 PM
that powder looked like delicious icing sugar. I want it in me.
37. Slink - March 23, 2009 4:09 PM
That looks like the rise of the spaghetti monster from the ground
38. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - March 23, 2009 6:25 PM
I don't mean to alarm anyone, but my poo looked like this this morning. Seriously.
39. Mike Hawk - March 23, 2009 10:37 PM
AKIRAAAAAAAaaa!!!
40. Beastman Aids - March 23, 2009 11:56 PM
#39
"KAAANEEEEEdaaaa" ?
41. Cal - March 24, 2009 10:11 AM
That was actually terrifying. I pooed a little.
42. seni - March 28, 2009 5:54 AM
TETSUOOOOOO!!!