The Chemist's Shop Sketch.
"Good morning."
"Good morning."
"I'd like 100g of saltpetre please."
"What do you want it for?"
"I'm making salt beef and traditional Italian sausage for Christmas."
"We can't sell it to you."
"Why on earth not."
"You could be making a bomb."
Repeat at every chemists within a 12 mile drive of Winchester.
Your were answering incorrectly. Asked a similar "what do you want it for" question the response "thaumaturgy" got a slightly frightened look from the seller and the item requested.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) saying something like:
Lucky to find any pharmacists that stock any raw chemicals nowadays, anyway.
eBay seems to be the place to order it. Plenty of advertisers there selling supposedly "food grade" saltptere.
Tim
Begs the question, who do they sell it to then?
Chances of getting it before Xmas?
Do they sell 50Kg drums?
People making salt beef and traditional Italian sausage for Christmas, presumably.
Owain
What has your profit margin got to do with it?
I've got some proper food-grade. Hmmmm... not *too* far from me, but still a
139 mile drive there and back. Too late now anyway.Si
Presumably you've already sourced the sulphur and charcoal?
That's what I was goung to say.
Very few make there own extemps these days.
horsepiss
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Pretty crappy bomb with only 100g of potassium nitrate in it.
Pete
I infrequently buy acetone from my local chemist and every time I get asked why I want it. My reply is that it is part of the way I make printed circuit boards. A grunt comes from the back and I pick it up a couple of days later.
I wish I could still buy methyl ethyl ketone, genclean and arklone.
Dave
Nice one Dave :-)
Dave
This one needs tagging.
Nanny State? Is that where the Permissive Society, Jet Set and Chattering Classes are?
acetone is fairly easy from glass fibre suppliers. Isnt MEK simply cellulose thinners?
In message , Steve Firth writes
Completely wrong approach
"look mate, I've got 10 sticks of dynamite strapped to my chest
do it, NOW !"
In message , Doctor Drivel writes
I thought you already were
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