• Catoblepas
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    2 years ago

    Little Billy was a chemist

    Little Billy is no more

    For what he thought was H2O

    Was H2SO4

    • mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 years ago

      I’ve heard it as:

      Little Billy took a drink, of which he’ll drink no more.

      For what he thought was H2O was H2SO4.

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      For better meter: Johnny was a chemist’s son, but Johnny is no more / What Johnny thought was H2O you get the idea.