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No, unfortunately he wasn’t. I think he’d make a cool dad, not to mention I might have known in advance what NOT to mix.
Can we pretend your dad is Bill Nye? That would be cool. We could brag about being your pals. We’ll be your entourage.
you’re not supposed to mix bleach and ammonia.
If you added anything to that brew that had ammonia in it (windex, etc), you’re lucky you’re not dead.
Bleach + ammonia = Toxic brew that can kill you...seriously.
Luuuuuu-huuuuu-keeeeeeey!
That’s so gross tho’. I’ve run across maggots before. Blech.
(did you ever see that episode of CSI? If you’ve seen it, you know what I’m talking about.)
Yep, it’s bleach and ammonia. I remember when I was a bagger at a grocery store that they said don’t put the bleach in the same bag with the ammonia so we didn’t kill the customers on the way home.
Maggots are nasty. I remember my mom had a trash can that got infested with them. Blech.
I was actually aware of the bleach-ammonion nono at the time, but we were so full of horror and the desperate need to KILL these things that I didn’t actually think about what was actually in these chemicals. Maybe that white vapor was actually the White Vapor of Death!
I read your entry and Adena’s and let me just say that I had a moment of craziness as a child. I was 12 years old and my brother and sister and I were latchkey kids. We’re alone from 3:30 after school until 5:00 when my mom got home from work. I decided one day to make brownies. I was dumb, I used a glass pan and I accidentally set it on the burner that I used earlier to make macaroni and cheese. The glass shattered and we had drippy chocolate brownie batter everywhere. I used an entire roll of paper towel, cleaned the mess, but my mom smelled the burnt mixture the second she walked in the door. Man I was such dummy! 
Well at least you tried to clean up the mess! Some kids just leave it and expect mommy to do the dirty work. Or they blame the dog, heh.
Wow. I have to tell you that is the first time I got the heebie geebies while reading something. Gross! I hope I never ever have to deal with something like that.
I love your site though! I also love your writing style. I am glad I found my way here.
Yippee I’ve converted another one! 
How’d you find your way to my neck of the woods?
I got heebie jeebies writing about it. It’s a mental image that will never leave my brain. Unfortunately. *shiver*
The White Vapor of Death = Darth Vapor!
I love it Joe! Darth Vapor!
Unfortunately, I like maggots. Very helpful at work. But, I can see how they creep people out.
I will NOT point at Maggie and say, “Maggie the Maggot Lady,” I will not! 
EWWWWWW maggots!!!!! YIKES! If I dream about maggots tonight I am gonna blame you!
Now, tell me that you did throw the pan away right? Either that or I know you didn’t eat anything your mom made in it again right? Right?????
AAAAAHHHHH I have to go wash my hands now.
I’ll do it for you.
“Look, it’s Maggie the Maggot Lady!”
Thanks Joe, now I know why I keep you around.
Diane, you’re going to scream, but no we didn’t throw it away. After the thorough hosing I cleansed it thoroughly and put it away. My mom would’ve skinned me alive for throwing it away.
Ew! lalalalallala! Eww! 
And yeah, don’t mix chemicals. You could like die and shit. heh I love bleach though. I have it watered down in spray bottles. I’m a germaphobe. :D
Great Post!
I mixed ammonia with bleach once. Accidentally. I was mopping the bathroom with ammonia, bleaching the toilet. I finished the mopping and wiping down and poured the mop water into the toilet. Forgetting about the bleach. Then I realized I hadn’t wiped off the shower doors. Needless to say, I burned my lungs so bad I went to the hospital the next day and I’m sure they all had a really nice laugh.
I like it!! I’ll take it!!
Darth Vapor. Heh. Joe’s funny.
Hysterical, GDG! Great story. Don’t you love those trek back into the past to rethink all the dumbass things we’ve ever done?
Maggots taste good on soyburgers.
CP.
And here is why I donât eat raisins. I used to brown bag my lunch in high school. I always used to take a box of raisins. I would squish the box up on the sides to unstick the raisins, open the top, tip my head back, and dump in a mouth full of raisin. That is until one day when I did that and looked down into the box while I was chewing and saw that it was crawling with maggots. I immediately spit out everything in mouth. No I didnât puke, but I have never eaten raisins again.
Very traumatic experience. Glad you’re still around to have shared it.
CP, I suppose they would add more protein to the burger, but uh… I’ll pass. 
Zoe, that is much worse than my experience. Them squirmy things never came anywhere <i>near</i> my mouth!
Mike, yeah me too. Darth Vapor coulda killed me!
Ewwwww! Maggots!
Truly disgusting little creatures.
And ummm ... I think I’m the only one on the planet that didn’t know about ammonia and bleach. Duh.
Can you say phosgene gas? Not good, wouldn’t be prudent! Happy C & C Monday!
J, occasionally my blog is educational.
Runr53, is that the actual name for Darth Vapor? Didn’t know that!
love your writing style!!
post funny as hell....
Well thank you! I’m just glad I’m alive to write about it.
Your dad isn’t Bill Nye, The Science Guy is he? Cause that would be really embarassing!
Maggie | 06.02.2006 | 10:31 AM