# quixotic78 will define your own personal chemical! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444 "2001-10-04T20:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/1 "2001-10-04T20:44:44Z")
Step right up ladies and gentlemen! Have you ever wondered what, if any, chemical defines you as a person? Have you spent nights looking at the ceiling, wondering if you’re sodium chloride, or just plain old hydrogen peroxide? Your troubles are now over! Have your own personal chemical defined for you by **quixotic78** , who is : _A Member Of The Scientific Community!_ **Quix** will define you. He will peer deep into your makeup, breaking the bonds of your structure till he finds out what you’re REALLY made of. Maybe you’re a solution. Maybe, you’re an element. Matters not, for **Quix** knows all! **Quix** , Define me! ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/2 "2001-10-04T20:56:19Z")
**Manservant Cynical** , you are perchloric acid. You react violently (explosively even) with a host of other materials, such as anything organic, alcohols, and even paper. You are strongly acidic, which means that you find use in a number of syntheses. In short, you are a necessary evil 😉 Quix ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/3 "2001-10-04T21:06:15Z")
Define me, please. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/4 "2001-10-04T21:07:13Z")
Blind me with your science, **quixotic78**. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@SeaDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/5 "2001-10-04T21:09:46Z")
I’m geting in on this one early, go Quix! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/6 "2001-10-04T21:10:23Z")
I have always wanted my own chemical. What chemical am I? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/7 "2001-10-04T21:17:45Z")
**quix** , do me. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/8 "2001-10-04T21:17:48Z")
Make it happen, Mr. Quix. (bet I turn out to be PTFE) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/9 "2001-10-04T21:21:15Z")
I place a bet that **Sue Duhnym** is MDMA. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/10 "2001-10-04T21:30:21Z")
Yay! I want a chemical of my very own. I will keep it in a jar on my desk. I will give it attention. It will always always always be chipper and dapper and too cool. I will make funny noises so the chemical will be happy. I will dance chemical dances. I will put on the chemical brothers, so the chemical can feel at home. Chem me up! pat ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/11 "2001-10-04T21:32:45Z")
Okay, Mr. Chemist Guy. Do your thing. Put your dork skills to use for good, not evil. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/12 "2001-10-04T21:35:30Z")
Ooooh me too! ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/13 "2001-10-04T21:35:32Z")
Yay! I want a chemical of my very own. I will keep it in a jar on my desk. I will give it attention. It will always always always be chipper and dapper and too cool. I will make funny noises so the chemical will be happy. I will dance chemical dances. I will put on the chemical brothers, so the chemical can feel at home. Chem me up! pat ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/14 "2001-10-04T21:37:27Z")
This is just too intriguing to pass up. I had some experience with chemicals in the '70s, (I think) so I’d really like to know what chemical I could be identified with. Pray tell, Sir **Quix.** ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/15 "2001-10-04T21:37:55Z")
Oh Mr Chemistry Guy, do tell, what am I? ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/16 "2001-10-04T21:43:22Z")
You know, this is much easier when I actually know the person… ah well. **Sue Duhnym** , you are _dihydrogen oxide_. I think it has a more common name, but I can’t for the life of me remember what it is… 😃 **Munch** , so you wanna be blinded, eh? All right, you’re _osmium tetroxide_. Chronic exposure to even low levels causes halos to appear in your vision. Enjoy! **SeaDiver** , oh you’re an absolutely precious senorita. Platinum is you to a T–it’s precious, and it’s named for the Spanish word plata (silver), so there ya go. **Adam yax** , ummm… hell. You’ve got a y and x in your name there, so you can be Yttrium oxide. Yttrium’s pretty cool, right? **porc** , do you, you say? I might get in trouble for that. Why don’t I just give you your own chemical? Lessee, when I think of piney, I think of cleavage. Nothing cleaves a double bond like hydrogen adsorbed on a palladium surface. So there you are 🙂 **Maxxxie** , you’re one X-rated motherfucker. Triple-X, I might even say. I dub thee Xenon Trioxide. That’s got a shitload of X’s in it. You also happen to be a powerful explosive. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/17 "2001-10-04T21:44:26Z")
Me too!! Please! What am I? An element? A compound? An unknown? A solid, liquid gas or other? Or many things at once? Am I unique like everyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/18 "2001-10-04T21:47:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by quixotic78 \* > **Munch** , so you wanna be blinded, eh? All right, you’re _osmium tetroxide_. Chronic exposure to even low levels causes halos to appear in your vision. Enjoy! Angels from heaven! Thar’s angels in me eyes! ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/19 "2001-10-04T21:48:55Z")
Whee. I want a chemical of my very own, too, Ser Quixy. _cues up Huey Lewis, “I Want a New Drug”_ ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444/20 "2001-10-04T21:53:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manservant Hecubus \* > I place a bet that **Sue Duhnym** is MDMA. 😃 Well, I’m not Ecstasy but at least life couldn’t exist without me. 🙂 Thanks **quix**! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quixotic78-will-define-your-own-personal-chemical/85444.md?page=2)