Unfiltered Story #266237

My father tells the tale of a science teacher he had, some time during the 2nd World War. This young man was new to his profession, keen as mustard but not the wisest of people.

He was demonstrating the power of combustion. Having electrolysed water into hydrogen and oxygen, he gathered the collected gases into a glass bottle, which he carefully wrapped in his jacket. Then he lit the gas by holding a lighted spill at the bottle opening. Not only was there the expected bang, the bottle itself shattered and completely lacerated the poor man’s brand new jacket which he had used up his entire clothing ration on.