Chemistry used to be a scientific spin on the Jackass franchise. Although to be fair often it was the assistants doing the taste tests - not the chief chemist at the lab.
Presumably the chief chemist would have had his fair share when he was starting out as assistant.
Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville, and this is "Acid Rain."
well, it could be usefull for other people to know that they are already dead when they smell some specific smell with some reaction.