Giant Popsicle melts, floods New York park

[mcarnes]

*cough*

Man, what a way to die. Worthy of klingon lore.

 

[AliensAreFuzzy]

*cough*

I love that. It was actually in my Calculus book with a big bold title: "The Great Molasses Flood of 1919"

 

[iJon]

What I don't understand is this. They said it was assembled in NJ. Wouldn't that mean they already broke the world record, they just didn't get their spectacular presentation of it in NY.

jon

 

[iMeowbot]

What I don't understand is this. They said it was assembled in NJ. Wouldn't that mean they already broke the world record, they just didn't get their spectacular presentation of it in NY.

Aparently the Guinness reps wanted to see it standing on its stick (fnarr) before they would count it.

 

[MongoTheGeek]

Not to get technical, but the word is "sublimate", as in, 'The dry ice would sublimate into a gas as soon as the temperature of the dry ice rose above 351.5 K.'
😉

Not to be a pedantic ass. 194.5K
😉

They had a second record attempt planned or in the works. Perhaps they pooched this one intentionally so it gets a bigger story.

 

[Mechcozmo]

Not to be a pedantic ass. 194.5K
😉

"Of or like a pedant" says Dictionary.
"Someone obsessed with minor details" says Dictionary.

Ah-ha! I'm not alone! At least you didn't try to stick the degree symbol in there-- someone in my chem class did that.... 😱 our teacher was nice and didn't take the points off though.

 

[iJon]

Aparently the Guinness reps wanted to see it standing on its stick (fnarr) before they would count it.

I would assume that's the catch.

jon

 

[Flynnstone]

Not to get technical... butt dry ICE wouldn't thaw, it'd sublime, turning into gas as soon as the sun shines on it. Plus.. it sublimes at -78.5 😉

Wow... don't you love a little GCSE knowledge + the Wikipedia widget 😉

Anyway 🙂 ciao

Sorry , I didn't mean make it out of dry ice. Pack/transport it in dry ice, so when they take it out of the wrapper, its very cold.
Don't put your tongue on it 😀

 

[Counterfit]

*cough*

And that is the reason tanks are now rated for a certain mass/volume/etc. capacity. They weren't back then, you see.

Us new yorkers don't think...we just do it... like crossing the street, we don't look we just walk.... 😀

You think that doesn't happen in Boston? 🙄 Granted, New York pedestrians usually have a large advantage in numbers.

 

[Xtremehkr]

The great Snapple Snafu. It would have been pretty cool had it worked though.

 

[iMeowbot]

And that is the reason tanks are now rated for a certain mass/volume/etc. capacity. They weren't back then, you see.

Oh, but there were standards. That's why USIA were found guilty, no inspections. The company played the system, avoiding tank inspections by asserting that it was a building, and avoiding building inspections by asserting that it was a tank. Nice bunch, they were!