As reported in an earlier post when I taught at the all boys Joliet Catholic I was also a traveling teacher to the sister school, the all girls St. Francis Academy. That was a hassle but the nice thing was that at St. Francis they had a well equipped dark room (FILM!) right behind my lab. I would go very early in the morning and develop film or print pictures. Fun stuff.
On this morning I was mixing up a fresh batch of developer. You have to mix the powder in very hot water to get it to mix. I had about a gallon of the stuff in a large glass beaker and was moving it from one counter to another when it slipped out of my hands. It hit the counter and basically the bottom just fell out of it instantly dispensing 1 gallon of hot developer fluid on my navy blue pants. Yeow! That stings!
And there's the bell for classes to pass. I have 5 minutes. Well, there is nothing that can be done except to get out there and start teaching with my soaking wet pants on. Actually it doesn't show too much because the pants were already dark.
Class begins and I'm teaching away. As time goes on the giggling and laughing are increasing at a fairly steady rate. What's going on? About 30 minutes into the class my pants felt like they were drying nicely. They were but the problem was that when developer fluid dries it leaves behind a white residue. A glance down told me what the hell was so funny. I now had two-tone pants on! white in the front and navy in the back.
Nice.
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