Dihydrogen Monoxide - The Truth (Slightly O/T)

[perseus]

Dihydrogen Monoxide - The Truth
http://www.dhmo.org/truth/Dihydrogen-Monoxide.html

I was chased* all the way home by the bullet-like condensed frozen form of
Dihydrogen Monoxide yesterday from the west. Luckily I lived in the east.

(* I am not really the target.)

It has even been known to reduce attendances at football grounds, including and especially at Withdean.

 

[The Large One]

Ha feckin ha. It's just re-quoting Bill Bryson, although it is a great way of putting it.

 

[perseus]

Never even heard of him .......

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/billbryson/about.html

 

[TSB]

what the f*** is that all about?

 

[The Large One]

He talked about it in 'The Complete History of Almost Everything' in those terms. Albeit, that website's version was a bit longer. Whaddaya mean you've never heard of Bill Bryson? He wrote Notes From a Small Island, which for some reason became a best-selling travelogue in the late 80s/early 90s.

 

[The Large One]

Fake Slim: you haven't sussed what dihydrogen monoxide is? Think back to your basic chemistry at school...

 

[perseus]

PS: I thought it was ironic, especially as it shows that people will believe almost anything on a bad day .... like believing a muddy field near Falmer is a something more than a muddy field. Actually, not many people actually do, one in a thousand at most.

 

[beorhthelm]

That site is absolutly marvellous. Its had alot of serious people up in arms about the Dihydrogen Monoxide issue. Recently a Town/City/County in the US actually proposed to ban it

As to the original author, i believe the site predates Bill Brysons book, which was out in 2000 (??) while i recall reading the site (or at least being aware of the problems of Dihydrogen Monoxide) sometime around '98

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

dihydrodgen monoxide?


aaaah i get it now

 

[SuperFurrySeagull]

Its fatal if you inhale too much of it.

 

[perseus]

Not for whales though. Not if they swallow it.

 

[sullyupthewing]

Get it in your eye and you will know it, nasty.

 

[Robot Chicken]

and if you freeze a block of Dihydrogen Monoxide and drop it on someone's head, that'll give a new meaning to the phrase sticks and stones may break your bones but Frozen Dihydrogen Monoxide dropped from a great height will always kill you*









*Slightly paraphrased

 

[perseus]

If penguins did not know how to whittle H2O into a sharp point and .........

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Must confess, it took me a while too!

 

[TSB]

i still dont get it,however i havent read the site that thoroughly

 

[TSB]

yay,mr v explained it for me

 

[Lady Bracknell]

If you don't take enough of it there's a danger in believing in that other urban myth - The Lost City of Pende

 

[perseus]

 

[perseus]

The name Pende comes from an old Anglo-Saxon word Pynding which roughly translated means "impounded water". Just in case you didn't know.