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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.
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[ March 16, 2004: Message edited by: Jason Menard ]

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Jeroen Wenting

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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.

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

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. - Ernst F. Schumacher

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Did you mean Guinness?
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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...

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Paul Stevens

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It hurts getting bitten there.

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

One should never expose one's basement.

Gail Schlentz

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