thank you. you have already picked up on a massive sense of humor that can find humor sitting at a funeral. there are a few on this list that have wicked senses of humor. and i mean wicked as being great and not bad.
--- On Tue, 10/28/08, Heather Beaudry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Heather Beaudry <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: This "joke" is a thank you for Ken
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 4:42 PM
> Chemistry in Hell
> The following is an actual question given on a University
> of Washington chemistry midterm. The answer was so
> "profound" that the professor shared it with
> colleagues, which is 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 off when it expands and heats up
> 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 that souls are moving into
> Hell and the rate 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, lets look at the different
> religions that exist in the world today. Some of these
> religions state that if you are not a member of their
> religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are 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 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. Of course, 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
> Ms. Teresa Banyan 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 still have not
> succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then, #2
> cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic
> and will not freeze.
>
> The student received the only "A" given.
>
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