One of my claims to fame.

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Just discovered one of my old articles on New Scientist's web site:

Roll of Dishonour

And no, they wouldn't give me an honourable mention in the Darwin Awards. I asked...

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It reminded me a little of the fact that at one point during my school years the same teacher tried to teach me science and rugby. (Both still passions of mine, but passions that date from a later a fre years later.) When the rubber hose to the bunsen burner sprung a leak and a flame appeared in a rather unexpected place, he commented that he had never seen me move so quick.

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One of my science teachers was also a PE teacher as it happens. VERY good at shouting at people if they did something dangerous!

I've seen the leaky hose thing a few times - also split hoses, hoses not attached to gas taps properly, etc. It's surprising how rarely things like that cause serious problems.