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- From: hewitt@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
- Newsgroups: sci.chem
- Subject: Re: more humor <toonces>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.082948.91107@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 08:29:48 +1100
- References: <1993Jan22.231758.7421@gw.wmich.edu> <1993Jan24.231121.23744@netcom.com>
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- David Hewitt
- Chemistry Department
- Monash University
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- In article <1993Jan24.231121.23744@netcom.com>, howard@netcom.com (Howard Berkey) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan22.231758.7421@gw.wmich.edu> 159muehlberg@gw.wmich.edu writes:
- >>Another new humor:
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- >>My organic prof was trying to explain the basics of spectroscopy to
- >>our class and one student was simply not understanding the concept
- >>behind the effect of the lightwaves on the hydrogen (specifically
- >>NMR). Dr. B, kind and gentle fellow that he is, asked the
- >>student if he had ever cooked anything in a microwave.
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- >>The student's prompt response was,"nothing except my sister's cat."
- >>Rather than reacting (pun wholly intended) violently, Dr. B
- >>used the cat as the substance for explanation, ie, how the
- >>microwaves caused the rotation of the H's in the water of the
- >>cat to change. For the entire rest of the lecture, chemical toonces
- >>was the topic of conversation...
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- >>Ellen Muehlberger
- >>123muehlberg@gw.wmich.edu
- >>"whole-hearted and half-brained"
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- > Sorry, but this one's going to alt.best.of.internet. It's a classic.
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- > -Howard
- > --
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- > Howard Berkey howard@netcom.com
- > "I AM the Lizard Queen" - Lisa Simpson
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