Got Brains?

AltarBoy · Post by **AltarBoy** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:30 pm

I sure don't.

But go figure this out.

In 1989 a city wanted to improve its transportation system and ordered its first electric-powered train for the public. Its route weaves in and out of mountainous regions, except for flat plains where strong winds blow from NE to SW. If you were to stand at a distance, where would the smoke from the train blow and how high?

Becky wanted to kill her best friend Lilly. So she filled 1/4 of the bottle with concentrated Sulphuric acid and added 3/4 parts water to it just so it would be enough to kill her. She doused the hapless Lilly with the acid. What do you think happened to Lilly?

Altar-":wearing a dunce cap for life"-Boy.

Podge · Post by **Podge** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:20 pm

Ha! I got the first one at least... Duh!...

Can I write it here? Isn't there any spoiler tags in this forum?

Well, electric powererd trains don't leave smoketrails... if they're not burning or are full of jamaican's puffing...

Am I right?

The other one is probably of the same kind.. but can't figure it out yet...:P

:FI:Nellip · Post by **:FI:Nellip** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:23 pm

Second one - from what I remember of school chemistry - is that the acid would have exploded when she started to add the water. You always add acid to water to dilute, never the other way around, very dangerous.

AltarBoy · Post by **AltarBoy** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:51 pm

Geez, Podge and we thought you were braindead!

But you're right with the 1st one. This was given to us waaay back in Physics class when our teacher wanted to find out how much we listen and pay attention. We all failed at the time.

Now, the 2nd one is right. Nothing would've happened to the would-be victim because 1) If water is added to the acid Becky would've gotten it for sure. 2) If it was the other way around, the acid is added to the water then Lilly may not have gotten hurt too much as the water would reduce the acid's potency.

Very good fellas!

:FI:Igor · Post by **:FI:Igor** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:37 pm

Weeelll, not exactly..... Some electric trains are actually diesel /electric (most likely because you said the train went trough the mountains), so there was smoke..... also ..about pouring water into acid...its do able...not smart, but do able... in real world...the victim would have beat the living 'shyte' out of the perpetrator and drove her butt to the hospital, where the doctor would have reported the incident to the police, who would have arrested the other sick 'be ach'....

Igor da 'freaken know it all!'

:FI:WillieOFS · Post by **:FI:WillieOFS** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:53 pm

Lilly went to get a drink,
but Lilly drinks no more

For what she thought was H2O
Was H2So4!

If you're far away, who cares about the train smoke from the burning brakes on the electric train.

FFS!

AltarBoy · Post by **AltarBoy** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:13 am

Ah, Wee Willie Winkie! Lay off da sauce willya! An' put dat damn gun down you may blow off yer Willie!

Altar-"wonderin' why everything's sooo small in Texas an' runnin' away from Willie"-Boy

:FI:McBiggles · Post by **:FI:McBiggles** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:31 am

And all this time here was me thinking that cheap red wine was a bad mix with acid. Or was that bad acid and cheap..........no wait.....it was.........it definitely had something to do with how good the acid was..............it'll come to me....

toodles.