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People are dumb...

   Mon, December 12, 2005 - 3:22 PM
Ok, I'm not exactly a chem major, but I know my elements well enough to tell you how many of them exist in a chemical compound.

I was watching millionare, and the question was "Which of these chemicals contains more than 2 elements in it..."

The obvious choice from the get-go was hydrogen peroxide. She chose arsenic. She left with $1000 dollars...which is nothing to sneer at, but had she not been stupid, she could have left with at least $16,000.



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Mon, December 12, 2005 - 3:29 PM
Arsenic? She thought it was arsenic? Has she not seen "Evolution"? sheeeesh
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Mon, December 12, 2005 - 5:30 PM
looooooser...
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Mon, December 12, 2005 - 6:19 PM
Heh...
I usually slept through chemistry ;D
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Mon, December 12, 2005 - 11:20 PM
that doesn't make you cool, david. or does it.
Tue, December 13, 2005 - 7:58 AM
I always slept too...I barely scraped by in that class with a C. That gives her even less of an excuse.
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Tue, December 13, 2005 - 9:36 AM
Jess...
No, but there are plenty of other things that do...
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Tue, December 13, 2005 - 11:53 AM
ha, i was just kidding david... sometimes my sarcasm doesnt come off right on the internet... but yes, i think i actually slept, too...it was right after lunch.
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Tue, December 13, 2005 - 1:27 PM
Oh, I got your sarcasm... :)