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1. My alarm clock is buzzing. Slipping from bed, I head to the bathroom to conduct my morning lady business. Typically, I read whatever I can get my hands on during business time. This morning is no exception, I've scooped up the Liquid Plumber to read the label. I see words like "avoid skin and eyes" and "seek immediate medical attention if swallowed". Then I spy it, which chemical compound in disguise?
2. Chemical compound averted, it's time for a hot shower. I don't function well without one of those, even with all that nasty H2O raining down on me. Compounds, can't live without them, can't kill them. Anyway, I've squirted a little Noxzema Cleanser into my palm and commenced scrubbing my face with one eye open. Then I spy it...WHAT THE POTASH is staring brazenly out from my Noxzema bottle?
3. Dried my hair and brushed my teeth. Kept my eyes squeezed shut, because God only knows what chemical compounds are in that toothpaste. I shudder at the necessary evil of putting it in my mouth. Good thing a nice muffin and glass of milk are in my future. Yum! I'd taken a long swig of milk when my husband said, how do you like that _____. I choked, "There's WHAT in my milk?"
4. Mouth washed out, I'm off to work. Even chemical compound hunters have a day job. But first I have to stop for some C8H18 (gasoline) since my tank is a little low. Good thing I did, looks like I have a bunch of errands to run for the boss. But after all that driving, I've stopped for a snack...a sandwich, some fries, and a pickle. Oh no, in bold print on my pickle package is what words?
5. Shock and horror as I realize my snack contains not one salt, but TWO! Laying like evil crystals of dehydration all over my french fries, I come nose-to-nose with my archenemy. I can just imagine it shaking is shiny fists in my direction screaming, "your kidneys are MINE, all mine!" (insert evil laugh here) Is there no end to this crystallized compound's ability to ruin my day?
6. No longer hungry, I discard the rest of my meal and glance at my errand list. Let's see: 1) pick up birthday cake, 2) deliver flowers to Aunt Mable, and 3) pay pyrotechnic shop for firework display. I'm surely not looking forward to the cake shop. My hips do not need the cake samples, there is all that CnH2nOn (aka sugar) around, and what other culinary nemesis is lurking in an orange box nearby?
7. Begrudgingly, I picked up the cake and managed to avoid the baking soda AND the sugar. It's on to see Aunt Mable and deliver her flowers. Passing the nursing home dining room, I see the home residents are being treated to a snack of grape juice and prunes. No wait, grape juice? How could they do that to those poor people! After all, which of the following is present in grape juice?
8. Standing alone in the nursing home hallway thinking about how sneaky chemical compounds are, I catch a whiff of something lurking nearby which seared my nose hairs. What on earth was that orderly using within his mop bucket? It smelled horrible. I approached him cautiously to see if I could lend a hand. He shrugged and pointed to a bottle. On no, not another one, what is that smell?
9. Aunt Mable was sleeping, so I put the flowers on her dresser and left the room. Time to flee this place with all those lurking compounds. The last of my errands, festive explosives! Cha Ming, the shop owner, met me at the door, noting my anxiety. I told him of my chemical nightmares and he unwisely said, "it's only a little salt" nodding toward a bucket of Chile saltpeter that I'd call what?
10. Work day done, home to think about eliminating more compounds from my life. Odd, but a cup of coffee soothes and relaxes me. I brew a nice cup of medium roast and sit down to sip and study compounds. My studying soon shocks my senses because staring me in the face from my coffee cup is, amongst others, which compound?
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TemptressToo
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