A young man had finished his first semester in college, and was spending the weekend at home. Somewhat bored with the old place, he was regaling his father with the wonders of his campus and the enlightened people there. After getting up a head of steam and warming up to his subject he said, "Why, Dad, in our chemistry lab at college we have made an acid that will dissolve any known substance."
The father turned and looked at him and slowly said, "That’s mighty fine. What do they keep it in,
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