Every now and then someone on the mailbase shares something light hearted
make our days just a little brighter.  I hope this makes you laugh as much
as i did!

Regards to all,

Andrew.

:	Smart Ass Student...
> > 
> > Actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term
> > 
> > "Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
> >  Support your answer with proof."
> > 
> > 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, 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 people and 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. Therese Banyan during my
> > Freshman year, "That it will be a cold night 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 so Hell
> > is exothermic.
> > 
> >  The student got the only A.



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