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November 26th, 2006

Modern Biochemistry


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13 Comments

  1. alex Identicon Icon alex on 06.06.2008 at 02:54 (Reply)

    thats also how you make a martini

    1. Adam Identicon Icon Adam on 23.06.2008 at 20:03 (Reply)

      *Everyone round to Alex’s for Martinis!*

    2. deadlytoque Identicon Icon deadlytoque on 26.06.2008 at 21:28 (Reply)

      Only if you’re doing it right. It makes me shudder what horrid fruity concoctions are labeled “martini” that contain neither gin nor vodka.

      I like to think of this as a martini mixer, though, and the little “C” that labels that last jar is actually an olive.

  2. Another Adam Identicon Icon Another Adam on 26.06.2008 at 07:32 (Reply)

    Don’t forget, they also smell really bad

    1. Adam Identicon Icon Adam on 26.06.2008 at 08:58 (Reply)

      Creepy, now we just have to work out which is the evil one.

      “Don’t forget, they also smell really bad”

      Don’t they just, especially the organic variety…

      I once inhaled hot ammonia fumes through my nostrils, one of the most unpleasant things I have ever done. I visited a friends house shortly after… they asked me if I was alright, I said ‘yes, but all I can smell is cat’s piss’, they misunderstood and apologised for not cleaning their house.

      1. The Great Joe Bivins Identicon Icon The Great Joe Bivins on 26.06.2008 at 09:15 (Reply)

        Yes cats do leave a distinctive odor behind when they do their business that penetrates the entire house from the litterbox (or couch if your cats are naughty) out. We had a cat that used to pee in the stovetop burners and then when you’d turn them on it would boil up and create an even worse smell. That little f****r was diabolical.

        1. Adam Identicon Icon Adam on 26.06.2008 at 09:20 (Reply)

          Sounds like you had a case of satanic cat. It’s the malice and forethought, the effort they put into doing stuff like this.

          1. Roo Identicon Icon Roo on 26.06.2008 at 13:56 (Reply) (Comments won't nest below this level)

            You know what the cure for satanic cat is?

            http://theflowfieldunity.com/2007/09/10/sponges-can-cats-cant/

      2. Ben Identicon Icon Ben on 27.06.2008 at 23:11 (Reply)

        I once mixed ammonia sulphate, bleach and something else together.
        A thick plume of white fumes poured off of the concoction, straight into my face.
        I’m fairly sure that incident cost me atleast 20% of my lung capacity.
        All ingredients were clear and colourless, tho not all liquid.

        Still being annoyed by the ergonomic keyboard.

  3. Philippa Identicon Icon Philippa on 26.06.2008 at 14:51 (Reply)

    Aren’t we all a bit like that?
    I mean, if you’re going with the nurture (that word always seems like it’s spelt wrong) argument, which I do tend to, we’re all just bits of similar mixed together to make something else similar. Everyone is really very similar, if we’re being honest.

    But it’s okay, because we’re only similar, never the same.

    1. Adam Identicon Icon Adam on 28.06.2008 at 12:14 (Reply)

      Indeed, when you stand far enough back, everything looks the same.

  4. easca Identicon Icon easca on 30.06.2008 at 01:34 (Reply)

    I had to do this in Chemistry once. First we mixed a bunch of clear, colourless liquids to produce something that smelled like “Banana oil” (the group next to us was given the task of producing an actual banana oil), and then we mixed a different set of clear, colorless liquids to produce something that smelled like apricots. Our class managed to fill the entire building with a horrible stench that wouldn’t leave for about a week.

    1. Roo Identicon Icon Roo on 30.06.2008 at 13:21 (Reply)

      Hahaha! I love the banana ester experiment, because you start out with butyric acid, which smells like vomit in the worst kid of way, and then, if you’ve done it right, you end up with sweet smelling banana perfume! It’s more like “magic biochemistry” than modern, eh?

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