This must stop

[Paul Stevens]

We all need to ban together to stop this scourge. It is one of the most dangerous substances on the planet. Join ALISO VIEJO, Calif in stopping this menace.
[edited to fix link - JM]
[ March 16, 2004: Message edited by: Jason Menard ]

[Jason Menard]

[Jeroen Wenting]

Yup. It all started at a university as a project in social engineering.
A student started a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide and got several hundred signatures from not only fellow students but professors as well before disclosing it was water they were voting to ban!
He then went on to (correctly) compare his project with the scare tactics used by environmentalists and others with agendas to ban anything using quasi-scientific terminology in an attempt to scare people into signing things they don't fully understand.

[Michael Morris]

Whew! I'm glad it was a hoax, isn't that the main consituent of Guiness?

[John Dunn]

Did you mean Guinness?
[ March 16, 2004: Message edited by: John Dunn ]

[John Dunn]

speaking of Guinness, check out these links on the research behind the bubble flow in a pint of Guinness:
computer model to help track the bubbles
this is more detailed
A great way to get your buddies to fill their glasses...

[Paul Stevens]

It hurts getting bitten there.

[Gail Schlentz]

Originally posted by Paul Stevens:
It hurts getting bitten there.

One should never expose one's basement.