Yeah know all about BeO stuff. The scary thing is it takes a long time to kill you. Weeks. Basically like getting stage 4 sarcoidosis instantly.
Many years ago I stopped colleague making a keyring out of an RF PA transistor once. Was literally about to drill a hole in it. The funny thing is that he was a design engineer and I was his IT support guy!
Still haven't gone to see it yet. Rescheduled next Sunday.