"I did," he confirms. And that's the main thing, right? With a smirk he elaborates; "I got into an argument with my lab partner about whether or not the peroxide we were using was the same stuff they put in hair dye. Turns out I was right, but I'm not sure it was worth it." He'd be the first to concede that the overall effect had been kind of ridiculous. But hey, there's no end to the number of poor judgement calls that can be excused by being fifteen and stupid.