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OJ
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Initially Posted - 11/17/2002 : 02:13:49

Okay, things are getting a little too <img src=icon_smile_sleepy.gif border=0 align=middle> quiet around here. While some of us are doing a final sweep of fall leaves others are winterizing their boats. Some are making a ToDo list for 2003 and still others have already started to execute their lists. So, here's a short and enjoyable little story that will make a good e-mail attachment for someone you've been meaning to write to for a while.

Supposedly this is true, but if it is not, it is still funny:

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term. 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.

<font color=blue>Bonus question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?</font id=blue>

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:

<font color=blue>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, let's 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.</font id=blue>

Edited by - OJ on 11/17/2002 16:57:38

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pwhallon
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Response Posted - 11/17/2002 : 11:16:49

Fantastic!<img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>