Is carbon the most versatile element ever? In one form, the hardest mineral known to man (almost). In another, the superior way of taking notes. In another, the basis of all life as we know it. In another, the basis of the world's energy generation. In another, a wonder material that trounced existing materials for motorsports and in another, a material panacea, in yet another, a reliable way of detecting the age of biological samples.
I think we deserve to raise a pint to this hardworking little element.