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In the spirit of the knowledge-based european economy I can report that the combination of a €20 note and 'export' strength Gordon's Gin (47.3%) does not produce a satisfactory combination for this experiment! I think this is due to the not very sorptive properties of the euro (you can wash them repeatedly) and the fact that burning Gin does not have a particulalrly visible flame. Ouch. Yours - with singed fingers and no H&S officer Tim 'Belge' Reynolds >From: Jonathan Sanderson <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: "psci-com: on public engagement with science" ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Quick experiment/ demo >Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:25:10 +0100 > >On 17 Sep 2007, at 14:02, Matt Bagley wrote: > >>Thanks, all of those are ace! Sadly, were fighting against an anti- fun, >>anti-anything, anti-everything health and safety officer so I wont be >>able to do many of them, but Im thinking I might sell tickets to an >>after-show party in the car park afterwards as its probably more >>profitable than the contract were bidding for anyway. >> >>Many thanks all, you've been a great help. Im just off to pre-singe my >>eyebrows in an act of pre-emptive spite to upset the H&S stormtrooper. >>That'll learn him. > >I'm always quite partial to the non-burning £5 note; You dunk a bank note >in spirits (if memory serves, 40% alcohol vodka doesn't work, but 45% >Scotch does), pull it out... and set fire to it. What happens, of course, >is that the alcohol burns off leaving the bank note wet but otherwise >unharmed. > >With a suitable bit of business you can spin this out into something >really quite funny, I'd have thought. Still won't keep the H&S people >happy, though it's not even as risky as a flaming Christmas pudding, if >that helps any. Note that it's a bit too repeatable if there are children >present, however. > >Good luck! > > Jonathan. > >-- >Jonathan Sanderson >'If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.' (Pascal) > >********************************************************************** >1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, >send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: >set psci-com nomail >2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: >set psci-com mail >3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the >message: >leave psci-com >4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list >archive, >can be found at the list web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html >5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and >science >and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk >********************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Get Pimped! FREE emoticon packs from Windows Live - http://www.pimpmylive.co.uk ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk **********************************************************************