THE THERMODYNAMICS OF HELL The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term. The answer by one student was "so profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic(absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law, (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.
Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year, "......that it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I STILL HAVE NOT succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then NUMBER 2 cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will NOT freeze.
Here's a shout out to all the Georgia Gang!!! First let me Boortz ya, Moving on...Gut Rumbles, Long Haired Country Boy, and Heather Taylor. Finally Zack runs the Planet. Is it a geographical anomaly? We all have similar views just from different perspectives. Well Zack is out there sometimes. If you know any other Georgia bloggers, drop a comment or click my face.
And yet another young lady had to indure the advances of drunken men while wearing hip huggers. The stretched fabric left nothing to the imagination including the faint outline of her thong. Although I made no comment, mostly because this young lady is in her mid-twenties, I was amazed at her high tip percentage ($60.00 on 1 ticket). Could it be a double standard? or the harranging comments of Acidman? No, I tend to think of it as age appropriateness. Whereas, the first girl was a mere 18 years old. A babe in the woods. A child (although in a woman's body). The second girl. All woman. At twenty- fiveish, the skilled juggernaught of the bar room, breaking hearts and sucking the tips out of innocent drunks. Am I age discriminating? Does 7 years make that much difference? Does being a father jade my thinking?
Considering all the hype, I enjoyed "Attack of the Clones". It was in fact, after all, just a movie ;and a way to escape the harsh reality of life for a couple of hours...nothing more or nothing less.