Ether St Vying
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 Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 12:31 am Post subject:
Cognitive Dissonant Oxymoron: "Dictatorship of Relativi
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Tom wrote:
| Quote: | "Ether St. Vying"
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Tom wrote:
"Ether St. Vying"
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| Quote: | Strong, rubbery, incredibly thick, magical wall of jello.
Throw chopped nuts, sprinkles, chocolate chips, any
diced or sliced fruit of your choosing (except
kiwi or pineapple) .... and you have an unlimited supply
of Dream Whip.
Not with rubbery jello.
The wall of jello is not for eating.
Don't throw chocolate chips and fruit on anything you don't want me to
consider eating.
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Rotten tomatoes? They make a nice splat before they slide off.
| Quote: | You asked me about the wall of jello,
trying to logically assess the feasibility of throwing stuff at it.
Not the feasibility, the result. Throwing fruits at a wall of jello seems
much more feasible than building the wall of jello in the first place.
Jello doesn't have a lot of structural strength once you get past a small
amount. It would be a bit of an engineering marvel to build a wall of any
height beyond a few inches.
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Betcha the Chinese could build an impressive wall of jello.
| Quote: | After a few inches, it would just collapse into
a pile of jello, not a wall.
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Have you ever tried to build a wall of jello?
| Quote: | Of course, you specified that it was to be a
*magical* wall, so mere physics does not present a problem. You can have a
wall of anything, if you make it a magical wall.
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The Wall of Jello is a magical inner construct. It can be of massive
proportions and permanently installed, or it can appear out of nowhere as
needed.
| Quote: | Be that as it may, you seemed to be implying that the result will be somehow
instructive and I wondered what you thought the lesson might be.
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I was drawing a cartoon.
| Quote: | Then you get these disgusting chunks of congealed
pectin. Yuck.
You must be thinking of jams or jellies.
Did you not refer to various fruits in your example?
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Yes, but they're the hypothetical projectiles.
| Quote: | Of course, even more
disgusting are the congealed lumps of gelatin. Now I'm thinking of the
hooves and skin of dead animals.
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Hooves, bones and skin, rendered until the collagen breaks down and floats to
the top. Wonder what else floats to the top along with that stuff? The more you
know, the scarier it gets.
| Quote: | Pectin is extracted from plant
material. There is no pectin in the wall of jello.
There is when you throw fruit into it.
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Jellied fruit salad is a whole other recipe.
| Quote: | But it doesn't matter if the wall of jello is full of lumpy clumps of
collagen
derivative, because it's not for eating.It's for just standing there and
jiggling a bit.
I see. Kind of like a fat guy getting an mild electrical shock. What
happens when you throw fruit and chocolate chips at an electrified fat guy?
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The results of that particular study have not yet been released.
| Quote: | Do you get an instructive result there, too?
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Yes. You should be writing for Ren and Stimpy ... or Itchy and Scratchy.
| Quote: | But back to the original question of "What happens when one throws things
at a
wall of jello?" The answer is that due to the nature of jello, anything
hurled
at a wall of the stuff either bounces, or slides, right off. Nothing
sticks to
a wall of jello.
Again, that depends on how hard you hurl things and from what direction.
When I hurl them straight down at this wall, they stick just fine, even if I
throw them real soft.
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Very clever. But there is no way to scale a wall of jello. It's huge! And
slippery! Lean a ladder against it, and it slides right off! Nothing sticks, I
tell you. Nothing! It's freakish!
| Quote: | Further, since you have a magical wall of jello that
defies our understanding of physics by maintaining the shape of wall without
sufficient structural strength to do so, there's no reason why fruit might
not magically stick to it when hurled.
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The wall of jello won't let you stick anything to it. It 'sweats' ever so
slightly, and that forms an extremely thin layer of slippery lubrication.
| Quote: | Are you guys in misc.invest.stocks enjoying this informative discussion?
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I doubt they're reading it. They're looking for hot tips.
Very considerate of you.
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Will Jello stocks rise or fall? Here's some data on Jello's parent company,
Kraft Foods, for you to mull over.
http://www.advisorinsight.com/data/sr/5/50075n10.htm
Hmm. Looks as though you should probably hold any shares you have, what
with the low volatility and all, but this is probably not a good time to buy
more. Caveat emptor, as usual.
Now, for you folks in soc.culture.europe, I think it would be a good idea if
you could help out our investors with stock in KFT by buying a little more
Jello. S&P's bearish predictions are due in part to your declining interest
in their snack foods. C'mon folks, there's always room for Jello.
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They don't need your stinkin' jello. They've got the Euro version of Kraft fine
foods, Dr. Oetker, for their artificial food needs. |
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