it would have been amusing if it had been magnesium. Remember back in high school chemistry how we put magnesium in HCl and watched it fizz? Remember what that gas it gave off was?

I once watched a dumbass light his on fire. Exploding hydrogen + acid + magnesium ribbon = run like hell.

So Saint swallows a piece of magnesium, then burps near an open flame and does a Godzilla imitation, screams and all...

It's well we cannot hear the screams
we make in other peoples' dreams.
--Edward Gorey