I came here from a link on a different thread. And, just now, I realized I replied to post you made five years ago - and it was post 5 on a thread of close to thousand posts.
The internet is forever I guess. My apologies for the time warp.
That is known as "necro-posting", lol :).
As for the thread, anyone who has taken a college chemistry course would know that there are a lot quicker and much less painful ways to create a hole in the palm than using carbolic acid. The premise in the article is moronic, but I saw the usual buffoons eating it up. It's not like in the movies.