Carp, been there, done that, i got a mouthfull of 40% caustic soda once, clear strips the skin off your tongue, cheeks, gums & lips, i didn't have any 'friends' to force feed me lemons though so only got half as distressed as you. Keith >carp Wrote, > > Whoa. Dude. I got a mouthful of that stuff and it was like, well, > drinking raw lye. I immediately started gagging and spitting out whole > gobs of the white skin that lines your mouth. Man, that skin was hanging > off of my lips like drool and I was gasping for air and thinking I was > going to Hell for sure and this was just the first step of burning. One > of my buds, aghast that I was in such torment and was making such odd > strangling noises decided that he would apply the only first aid he knew how.