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"You *know* you're a chemistry nerd when..."
- you read this thread and laugh or smile
- you are posting in this thread
- you get lame science jokes.. and smile
- you argue with those people who don't do chem about stuff you have learnt (eg about the ozone layer)
- you stick a periodic table on your wall
- you actually want to do compulsory chem quizzes or are looking forward to chem assessments/exams
- you are on this thread when you should be studying for a trial for another subject
- you smile knowing that the ozone layer will eventually fix itself :)
- you smile at work when something weighs 1.008kg
- you find yourself doing equations for no apparent reason
 
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Oh, and when you look at the ingredients on things and try find the ester OR when it says 'fragrance' you wonder which ester it is :p
 

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Johnny was a chemist's son, But Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H20 was H2SO4 :O
 

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analysing the amount of carbon dioxide present in a can of coke at a party
 

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You quitely smile at the shift in equilibrium when you open a can of coke.
 

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When you contemplate pouring your alcoholic beverage into your car and realise that it can only be max. 10% of the overall volume in the tank
 

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when you and your friends see a polar bear fall into water on a doco and the crazy man on the TV says " lets go and find that bear". you then say that he will have no luck in finding it because it has dissolved in the polar water :p
 

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- You and your friend discuss solutions that you woke up next to and discuss how you would go about determine which specific anions and cations are present, though this is not really a joke but a sweet way to study.
 

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- When you calculate the amount of baking soda needed when cooking so that you don't use too much and have 'excess' in the reaction.
 

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