Amusing things
I was just practising a past Chemistry Unit 6 exam paper and there was a question about sulfuric acid in it. The chap who set the paper must have also been reading nursery rhymes to his/her kid out loud while he/she was setting the paper because the question included this rhyme about diluting acid with water:
May her rest be long and placid
She added water to the acid
The other girl did what we taught her
And added acid to the water.
Amusing folks, these Brits! The moral of the nursery rhyme is, of course, that you must never add water to acid in order to dilute it [because the reaction generates heat which is absorbed by the acid, so the acid 'spits' at you and can cause severe burns].. it must always be the other way round.
In other news, I was looking through the ads for Jobs Offered on Expatriates.com when I chanced upon this piece of amusement:
"I am 36 years old male looking for suitable job in abroad.Iam indian, from kerala state. PDC,ITI,COMPUTERKNOWLEDGE,Smart and sincere,honest,Hardworker. worked experience in abroad. fluence in inglish, hindi and little knowledge in foriegn language. I would like to work in abroad pls waiting for invitation."
Ok, there's the obvious joke about Keralite guys, but we'll skip that [because Jim is Keralite too]. Let us also skip the fact that he's pushed the words 'computer' and 'knowledge' together [in CAPS!], the fact that he's blowing his own trumpet and how he says he is 'fluence in inglish' and ask him, "Why the fuck are you posting this ad in the Jobs Offered section? There's a Jobs Wanted section, you fluence-in-inglish, computerknowledge, abroad-working dork!"
In yet other news, today, I got an e-mail from someone called Farm Mowgli. No, it's not the person's name that's making me laugh the most. It's the fact that she felt the need to specify that "I'm a female lady".
I need to pass my time more productively..
May her rest be long and placid
She added water to the acid
The other girl did what we taught her
And added acid to the water.
Amusing folks, these Brits! The moral of the nursery rhyme is, of course, that you must never add water to acid in order to dilute it [because the reaction generates heat which is absorbed by the acid, so the acid 'spits' at you and can cause severe burns].. it must always be the other way round.
In other news, I was looking through the ads for Jobs Offered on Expatriates.com when I chanced upon this piece of amusement:
"I am 36 years old male looking for suitable job in abroad.Iam indian, from kerala state. PDC,ITI,COMPUTERKNOWLEDGE,Smart and sincere,honest,Hardworker. worked experience in abroad. fluence in inglish, hindi and little knowledge in foriegn language. I would like to work in abroad pls waiting for invitation."
Ok, there's the obvious joke about Keralite guys, but we'll skip that [because Jim is Keralite too]. Let us also skip the fact that he's pushed the words 'computer' and 'knowledge' together [in CAPS!], the fact that he's blowing his own trumpet and how he says he is 'fluence in inglish' and ask him, "Why the fuck are you posting this ad in the Jobs Offered section? There's a Jobs Wanted section, you fluence-in-inglish, computerknowledge, abroad-working dork!"
In yet other news, today, I got an e-mail from someone called Farm Mowgli. No, it's not the person's name that's making me laugh the most. It's the fact that she felt the need to specify that "I'm a female lady".
I need to pass my time more productively..