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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: C(Sea)Bass on September 02, 2007, 04:47:12 PM
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As a part of my Biology I class I have to test a myth. I have absolutlely no ideas as to what to do. I was hoping you people would have some ideas for me. It can be anything but since I am but a lowly college freshman, my resources are limited so I cant do anything overly complicated.
If I see an idea I like I will use it and inform you of the results.
Spank you all,
CBass
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Debunk the myth that all college freshmen don't know how to spell.
Thank you in advance.
Mark
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life lines on palms.
morgue would be a good place to start.
;)
nice new avatard mark :)
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Originally posted by JB88
life lines on palms.
morgue would be a good place to start.
;)
nice new avatard mark :)
Why, thank you JB. The resort photographer took that one when we were on our honeymoon.
I liked the last two augustradio entries.
Word.
Mark
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Try to bust the Meatwad + pizza with sausage on it = mayhem myth.
:noid
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Originally posted by Wes14
Try to bust the Meatwad + pizza with sausage on it = mayhem myth.
:noid
I would but I like having my fingers attached to my hands.
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Please duct tape some hot buttered toast to a cats back.
toss cat out window.
1) toast always falls buttered side down
2) cats always land on their feet
project should hover/rotate indefinitely, inches above the pavement!
(I think Steven Wright may have tried this in the early 70's w/ inconsistent results ..strangely the cat survived 9 out of ten times)
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Originally posted by FBplmmr
Please duct tape some hot buttered toast to a cats back.
toss cat out window.
1) toast always falls buttered side down
2) cats always land on their feet
project should hover/rotate indefinitely, inches above the pavement!
(I think Steven Wright may have tried this in the early 70's w/ inconsistent results ..strangely the cat survived 9 out of ten times)
I think PETA may have issues with that one....but it does raise an interesting debate....Cat side up or Butter side up.
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People fly better on Aces high 2 drunk than sober.
Try that one.
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The factual nature of donkey punches.
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I think the toast one's something to do with the average height of a table and the rotational speed of the falling toast (as it starts buttered side up).
As it's a biology class, how about "you're more likely to catch a cold in cold weather."
Find someone with a cold - get them to sneeze on some petri dishes; refrigerate some, incubate others, and controls at room temperature. See what conditions the virus thrives in the most.
Nice and cheap experiment that basically involves waiting :)
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Originally posted by Wes14
Try to bust the Meatwad + pizza with sausage on it = mayhem myth.
:noid
The Last person that did that had an unfortunate accident.
His name was Jimmy.....something
But I will admit that the myth is true, I have a tendency to go temporarilly insane when presented with a suasage pizza. Everything gets surrounded with this purple haze and I cant remember anything after that....
Results best observed with unsuspecting fellow students :)
There is an old Japanese saying that says that idiots cant catch colds.
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There is a myth that there is still an odd conservative professer in each college, try to find one, if you can't, the myth is busted.
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Debunk some home remedies....rip off MythBusters and test vodka as a treatment for poison ivy. Rub it on, don't drink it. Better yet, test drinking anything as a cure for anything else.
Test onions as a cure for bee stings. (supposedly you rub a raw onion on the sting and it heals in record time).
Debunk the "hair of the dog" myth. Drink yourself to a solid drunk. Get up early, reveling in your hangover. Quickly down a couple beers. It doesn't cure a hangover, it delays it :)
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I can personally assist in debunking the myth that men of African decent are more "well endowed" than their white counterparts.
Let me know what you need.
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I always wanted to test the relative performance of folks as they play video games under the influence of various substances. Things like lap times in Grand Tourismo for reactions or more puzzle like games like Puzzle Bobble for the mental aspect. I suppose one could make a thesis project out of it.
Originally posted by C(Sea)Bass
As a part of my Biology I class I have to test a myth. I have absolutlely no ideas as to what to do. I was hoping you people would have some ideas for me. It can be anything but since I am but a lowly college freshman, my resources are limited so I cant do anything overly complicated.
If I see an idea I like I will use it and inform you of the results.
Spank you all,
CBass
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That one can float a keg.
I've never seen them float. Only left in a garbage can with water in it.
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unfortunatly I think anything involving alcohol is out of the question. The school is very strict about drinking and seeing as to how every in my Bio class is under 21 it would be difficult to do. Although the floating keg does have some potential.
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Nowhere in my post does it say, "keg of beer". It just says "keg".
You'll have to work on your critical thinking skills!
:)
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Nowhere in my post does it say, "keg of beer". It just says "keg".
You'll have to work on your critical thinking skills!
:)
I'll just write "Pepsi" on the side
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"Now we're talkin'!" -Jack A. Ridley
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Could always test the myth that umbrellas can be used as a parachute in an emergancy :D
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Originally posted by FBplmmr
Please duct tape some hot buttered toast to a cats back.
toss cat out window.
1) toast always falls buttered side down
2) cats always land on their feet
project should hover/rotate indefinitely, inches above the pavement!
(I think Steven Wright may have tried this in the early 70's w/ inconsistent results ..strangely the cat survived 9 out of ten times)
It would be more reliable to duct tape 2 cats back to back.
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Frozen scorpion........when it defrosts, it comes back to life.........not sure thats a myth...but I've never seen it (not many scorpions in England).....
I know its prob been done......but hey, there ya go....
Wurzel
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Originally posted by gpwurzel
Frozen scorpion........when it defrosts, it comes back to life.........not sure thats a myth...but I've never seen it (not many scorpions in England).....
I know its prob been done......but hey, there ya go....
Wurzel
Cockroaches do the same thing after you freeze them with LOX.
Mark
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I don't know whether it is a myth or not, but it's pretty cool.
Boil water in a paper cup. You can use an open flame to do it. Any "paper" cup will work.
It is impossible (under normal pressure) to heat water past it's boiling point, which of course is about 100C (depending on the ion content of the water), and the flash point of the paper is significantly higher. So the water keeps the paper cool enough it won't ignite.
Best regards,
--Tachus
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Sweet...you can freeze cockroachs and they come back to life...........guess I've just found the perfect present for my exwife.........I'd love to see her face with that one........lmao.....
:aok
(sorry, I'm a tiny tiny bit bitter towards her, I cant help it!!)
Wurzel
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Originally posted by Tachus
I don't know whether it is a myth or not, but it's pretty cool.
Boil water in a paper cup. You can use an open flame to do it. Any "paper" cup will work.
It is impossible (under normal pressure) to heat water past it's boiling point, which of course is about 100C (depending on the ion content of the water), and the flash point of the paper is significantly higher. So the water keeps the paper cool enough it won't ignite.
Best regards,
--Tachus
If I'm reading this correctly, it's true. Water does not exceed the temperature of the boiling point (given the air pressure). It gets to, and maintains that specific temperature as it converts to a gas. The gas can easily exceed the boiling point, but the water does not.
As for the freezing bugs, I've seen it done. A friend caught a whole bunch of june bugs. These are basically beetles that have more of a knack for flying. He then took low test fishing line, tied it to all the june bugs, and then tied it to a nail in the desk. All the june bugs tried to get away, but couldn't.
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
If I'm reading this correctly, it's true. Water does not exceed the temperature of the boiling point (given the air pressure). It gets to, and maintains that specific temperature as it converts to a gas. The gas can easily exceed the boiling point, but the water does not.
As for the freezing bugs, I've seen it done. A friend caught a whole bunch of june bugs. These are basically beetles that have more of a knack for flying. He then took low test fishing line, tied it to all the June bugs, and then tied it to a nail in the desk. All the june bugs tried to get away, but couldn't.
lol, going fishing, come back and instead of June bugs you got some hungry birds stuck in the line.
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"I can personally assist in debunking the myth that men of African decent are more "well endowed" than their white counterparts.
Let me know what you need.
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Curval "
I am reasonably sure that no one here wants to hear how or why you did the above research. There are sites I am sure where such tales would be welcome tho.
lazs
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i got another one!
that a plane on a conveyor belt myth thingy. :noid
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heh..
lazs beat me to it.
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Here's one: dead men don't wear plaid. You shouldn't have much trouble disproving that one with a visit to Scotland. I always suspected Steve Martin wasn't a serious actor.
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Ok, ok, I'll give you a good one.
You can disprove one of the many myths about human hair. I'll give you a list, and you can just pick the one you like the best.
Shaving your legs makes your hair grow back thicker and darker (This is false)
Shaving your face makes your hair grow back thicker and darker (This is false)
Men lose their hair when they go bald. (This is false. Baldness is NOT the result of losing hair, the hair follicle actually still produces hair, but the hair is like the hair on your forehead, which is very hard to see.)
People have as many hairs on their forehead per square inch as they do on their head. (this is True)
After you cut you hair it grows faster. (This is false)
If you never cut your hair, it will just keep growing. (This is false, even the hair on your head grows through a growth cycle, and will only get some long before it falls out.)
If you don't cut your hair it will stop growing because of the split ends (This is false, hair grows from the follicle not the end)
BTW, the post I made about boiling water in a paper cup is NOT a myth, I have done it many times, including once a couple of weeks ago for my daughters.
Best regards,
--Tachus
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The myth that 2 weeks is 14 days... ;-)
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Originally posted by JB88
life lines on palms. morgue would be a good place to start. ;)
LOL!
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It is true,
40 years ago in the Scouts I used to boil eggs in a paper cup on the campfire... Cup has to be paper, Styrofoam is right out.
Regards,
Kevin
Originally posted by Tachus
I don't know whether it is a myth or not, but it's pretty cool.
Boil water in a paper cup. You can use an open flame to do it. Any "paper" cup will work.
It is impossible (under normal pressure) to heat water past it's boiling point, which of course is about 100C (depending on the ion content of the water), and the flash point of the paper is significantly higher. So the water keeps the paper cool enough it won't ignite.
Best regards,
--Tachus
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Try the moviemyths. Like pooring petrol into a saucepan and dumping a cigarette into it :D
Then you can do various alcohol tests. Pour liquor into a teaspoon and see at which % it will catch fire :D
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Originally posted by C(Sea)Bass
As a part of my Biology I class I have to test a myth. I have absolutlely no ideas as to what to do. I was hoping you people would have some ideas for me. It can be anything but since I am but a lowly college freshman, my resources are limited so I cant do anything overly complicated.
If I see an idea I like I will use it and inform you of the results.
Spank you all,
CBass
Well if its for a biology class I assume it has to be related to ..well.. biology not physics (boiling water in a paper cup I dont think falls under a biology class).
I'd suggest something simple and that you 'bust/prove the myth' in an experiment.
Myth: Swallowing chewing gum will clog your digestive track because it takes a very long time to dissolve in the stomach.
For the most part the myth is true. Yes, chewing gum, if swallowed, will stay in your stomach because it does take about 2 weeks for your stomach acids to break the thing down.
However, you'd need to be swallowing a couple of packs of chewing gum a day to clog your stomach.
You can do the experiment easy by putting chewing gum in a container that has acids similar to those in the stomach (mostly hydrochloric acid) and documenting how long it takes for the wad of chewed gum to dissolve.
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I like that one. If I can get the acids I may try it. Despit being for Bio it doesn't have to be related to bio. THe example the class was given that was done last year is the myth "blondes have more fun".
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Originally posted by C(Sea)Bass
I like that one. If I can get the acids I may try it. Despit being for Bio it doesn't have to be related to bio. THe example the class was given that was done last year is the myth "blondes have more fun".
Actually, gum doesn't have to be broken down in the stomach. We eat a great many things that are never broken down in our stomach, and we simply pass them through, gum is much the same way. (Watermelon seeds for example) Corn is also a great example of this. I can't remember the proper name, but there is a plant fiber that we can not break down, because we lack the proper enzymes for doing so. (It's what makes up the hull of corn).
You could still use this myth, but I don't think acid is the way to go about it, unless you simply want to demonstrate that the acid will break it down, fairly quickly.
Best regards,
--Tachus
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Originally posted by Tachus
We eat a great many things that are never broken down in our stomach, and we simply pass them through...Corn is also great example of this. I can't remember the proper name, but there is a plant fiber that we can not break down, because we lack the proper enzymes for doing so. (It's what makes up the hull of corn).
That's disgusting. I probably could have done without knowing the scientific reasoning behind that.
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Originally posted by texasmom
That's disgusting. I probably could have done without knowing the scientific reasoning behind that.
Sorry TxMom, I tried to be as G rated as possibly. :)
--Tachus
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Originally posted by Tachus
Sorry TxMom, I tried to be as G rated as possibly. :)
:D It's A-OK, was mostly dramatics there on my part. :D
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The myth that people with uh-hmmm larger feet have certain larger organs of the male anatomy.
Uh-hmmmmm........Size 14, :aok
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Take a cat. Spread butter on it's back. Drop cat from a high place. Which side will land on the ground?
:t
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You guys go ahead, I'm still trying to throw salt on a birds tail.
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Hey... No Picking on Cats! :rofl
Seriously though, I think it would be interesting to test the urban legend of "The 5 Second Rule" meaning, if ya drop something and pick it up within 5 seconds its ok cause it didn't have enough time to get germs on it. :p
I don't believe that legend is correct.
TIGERESS
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Blonds have more fun. Just ask Owen Wilson!
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Originally posted by gunnss
It is true,
40 years ago in the Scouts I used to boil eggs in a paper cup on the campfire... Cup has to be paper, Styrofoam is right out.
Regards,
Kevin
I boil water in styrofoam cups all the time...
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Originally posted by LEADPIG
The myth that people with uh-hmmm larger feet have certain larger organs of the male anatomy.
Uh-hmmmmm........Size 14, :aok
Women's sizes don't count.
Oh and Tigress, I think the Mythbusters already confirmed the 5 second rule is valid.
:)
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Originally posted by majic
Oh and Tigress, I think the Mythbusters already confirmed the 5 second rule is valid.
:)
Dang... I thought I had a winner there!
TIGRESS
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Perhaps, in a microwave. :)
--Tachus
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Originally posted by texasmom
That's disgusting. I probably could have done without knowing the scientific reasoning behind that.
Well... FYI the 'veins' from celery sticks do not dissolve in your stomach. Eat a LOT of them and look forward for a very fun toilet sortie.
Attack of the Bungee Turds.
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Originally posted by Tac
Well... FYI the 'veins' from celery sticks do not dissolve in your stomach. Eat a LOT of them and look forward for a very fun toilet sortie.
Attack of the Bungee Turds.
Gee whiz, I haven't eaten anything healthy or exercised since I got out of the army... and that was well over a decade ago. Celery? LOL ~ I laugh at celery!