for ljidol: ferhoodle!

[amandalor]

Professor Lautenschläger peered into the electrode cell. There were definitely bubbles forming on the electrode, and at a respectable rate. Tiny silver nucleations budded on the edges of the black surface, grew, expanded, and released

Comments

[eternal_ot]

Ha! I really enjoyed this...nice use of the prompt..worked for me..:) The sentence that grabbed my attention here was He felt like his inner eye had gone cross-eyed...:D Good Work!

[logical_fallacy]

I also really enjoyed that line. :D

[amandalor]

Thanks! My favorite line as well. I've been dying to use it.

[inteus_mika]

Certainly a more complete explanation than "something weird happening," indeed, and a positive, even potentially repeatable result, at that. Good work showing it.

[halfshellvenus]

As soon as I saw the prompt and the American region of origin, I looked up verhudl (thinking it was a respelling of a Dutch word). But I wasn't quite close enough! "Verhudelte scheissen" was quite clear, and yikes-- that's no way to conduct science. :O

[alycewilson]

It's often the mistakes that lead to the great discoveries, It's true!

[lrig_rorrim]

Good story! Lab work can be infuriating, but that eureka moment makes it worth it. :)