[shadman]

hello and good day,

The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas
cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following: First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which
souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think
that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave.
Therefore, no souls are leaving.

As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that
if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.

Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.

Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay
the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are
added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter
Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell
breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell,
then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So
which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take
into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.

The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows
that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving
only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God!"

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"

[Hirs Ute]

Hey Shadman, absolutely briliant, thanks for brightening my morning

[Starcat]

Thanks for that, Chad

Great stuff, you have to admire the guy for putting that in an exam paper, and getting an A for it too!!

[vikulenka]

Originally Posted by Starcat

Thanks for that, Chad

Great stuff, you have to admire the guy for putting that in an exam paper, and getting an A for it too!!

I heard a true story of a Harvard exam question "What is courage?" and a response "This is." receiving an A

[vikulenka]

and another about a Creative Writing class, which was tasked with writing a short essay on the following topics :-

1) Religion 2) Royalty 3) Sex 4) Mystery

The winner was :-

"My God," said the Queen, "I'm pregnant. I wonder who the father is."

[mehrens2112]

True Story...

My dad took a philosophy class in college and hated the class with a passion and all he needed was a "C" on the final to pass the class. Hated the professor and thought the class was a waste of time.

The day of the final came and everyone looked nervous as hell because a lot of people in the class needed a high mark to pass. Mind you this was the late 60's and if you failed out of school "Hello Vietnam". So the professor walks in says good morning and proceeds to write the test question on the board and then walks out of the room.

The test questions was.....

WHY?

And my dad looks at this question for about a couple minutes he said and as he could hear everyone in the room grunting and moaning with puzzled looks on their faces, and even one person said, "I studied my ass off for this test, reading tons of books and re-reading lecture notes, and this is the question we have to answer" My dad smiled and wrote his answer quickly on his paper and walked to the front of the class and turned it in with the entire class staring at him being finished in 5 minutes.

My dad's answer was

WHY NOT...

He got an "A"

I still crack up hearing that story, and I would have never had the guts to do that.

[mehrens2112]

Originally Posted by mehrens2112

True Story...

My dad took a philosophy class in college and hated the class with a passion and all he needed was a "C" on the final to pass the class. Hated the professor and thought the class was a waste of time.

The day of the final came and everyone looked nervous as hell because a lot of people in the class needed a high mark to pass. Mind you this was the late 60's and if you failed out of school "Hello Vietnam". So the professor walks in says good morning and proceeds to write the test question on the board and then walks out of the room.

The test questions was.....

WHY?

And my dad looks at this question for about a couple minutes he said and as he could hear everyone in the room grunting and moaning with puzzled looks on their faces, and even one person said, "I studied my ass off for this test, reading tons of books and re-reading lecture notes, and this is the question we have to answer" My dad smiled and wrote his answer quickly on his paper and walked to the front of the class and turned it in with the entire class staring at him being finished in 5 minutes.

My dad's answer was

WHY NOT...

He got an "A"

I still crack up hearing that story, and I would have never had the guts to do that.

I guess my story gets the GONG!! I'll excuse myself

[vikulenka]

Originally Posted by mehrens2112

I guess my story gets the GONG!! I'll excuse myself

I thought I responded to your post. I thought it was brilliant!!!

[mehrens2112]

Originally Posted by vikulenka

I thought I responded to your post. I thought it was brilliant!!!

Thanks Vik. I was about to cry if no one did. But now I am all good.

[chris7]

A young lad answers the doorbell, his Dad shouts out "who's that Son", its a bloke with a bald head came the reply, "tell him no thanks I already have one" shouted the Dad.

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