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Old 15-01-2008, 07:29 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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shazzbat writes



Alas poor Fred, for he is gone.
His face we'll see no more.
For what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4.

Steve


Johnny, finding life a bore, drank some H2SO4
Johnny's father, an M.D., gave him CaCO3
Now he's neutralized, it's true,
But he's full of CO2

Quoted in Holmyard's excellent chemistry book, a copy of which I read
avidly when a child.
--
Kay