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The Glowing Pickle of Doom

Post 81

Shagrath (Join the Metal Appreciators' Society @ A2556489)

smiley - erm


great idea?

Post 82

riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes

picklement...picklement, hmmmm... I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT!


great idea?

Post 83

The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42

what you mean the pickle has started to grow of its own accord while not hooked up to 120 volts???smiley - wowsmiley - wowsmiley - biggrin

truely astounding and amazing and many many other thingssmiley - wow

I think this calls for a cellebrationsmiley - bubblysmiley - bubblysmiley - bubbly


great idea?

Post 84

Emee, out from under the rock

Does it only work with spears? Or would you have electrical arc problems with slices?


great idea?

Post 85

The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42

I would think you would probably have arc problems with slices since there wouldn't really be enough there to stick the forks in very far without them touching. Unless you want to be wearing your pickle, don't let the forks touch.


great idea?

Post 86

WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean.

Having achieved that level of conciouness known as picklement the gherkin pondered the next hurdle. How to communicate with this alien environment outwith of the jar. Think, think. His options were limited. What senses did these creatures have? Could they smell? Could they see? ok here goes. A phosphorescent glow and a strangley haunting odour.
smiley - peacedove


great idea?

Post 87

riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes

now he needs a bride....

errr... woman pickle!!!...I LIKE !!!


great idea?

Post 88

WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean.

Pickililly
smiley - peacedove


great idea?

Post 89

WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean.

Piccalilli had reached the bottom. He'd gone. Abandoned. Hadn't the Great Onion warned them that their relationship would come to no good. What had happened to him out there, alone, where no pickle had ever existed before. For all she knew he could be dead. Was he being tortured by some evil researchers. So many questions for a young and beautiful pickle. She drifted into an uneasy, vinegary slumber. smiley - peacedove


great idea?

Post 90

Baron Grim

Pyckle, Pyckle glowing bright,
Between the fork tines of the night,
What experimental hand or eye,
Could switch on the fearful electricity?


(With apologies to W. Blake)


great idea?

Post 91

WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean.

Aaaaaarrgggh.....aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrggh Gherkin's screams of agony bounced off the kitchen walls. Nooooo..get those forks away from me he would have shouted if he had evoloved the power of speach. Struggle was futile as again movement was a mere evolutionary pipedream. He twitched and glowed as the current increased. The researcher didn't care. He was sadistically enjoying his agony. Why of why did I leave the jar and the beautiful Piccalilli was his last thought as his sodium-D emission waned...smiley - peacedove


Of course not!

Post 92

Shagrath (Join the Metal Appreciators' Society @ A2556489)

Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? Pickles? GLOWING pickles, you say? Hm...


Of course not!

Post 93

The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42

pickles??? where???... oh yeah, all over this thread.

This thread has now officially been pickledsmiley - weird


Of course not!

Post 94

Baron Grim

smiley - cheers



smiley - ale



smiley - cider

smiley - stout



smiley - crisps

smiley - stiffdrink

smiley - cheers


Of course not!

Post 95

BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows

2legs once sat upon 3legs
With 1leg in his lap.
Along came 4legs and
Ran away with 1leg
Up stood 2 legs
and
Threw 3legs at 4legs.smiley - winkeye


Of course not!

Post 96

riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes

a pickleman sitting on a picklestool eating a pickleleg. pickledog steals pickleleg and receives picklestool right on the pickle.


Of course not!

Post 97

BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows

Well done, Riotact. Here is your prize of a virtual smiley - bubbly for the correct ionterpretation of that little drama.
smiley - biggrinBIGAL


Of course not!

Post 98

The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42

There was a pickled man,
And he walked a pickled mile.
He found a pickled sixpence,
Beside a pickled stile;
He bought a pickled cat,
Which caught a pickled mouse,
And they all lived together,
In a little pickled house.


Of course not!

Post 99

BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows

Regular visitors to this thread might be interested in the Guide article, 'The mint with the hole' (A2771921)

This reminded me that if you crush a polo (or a 'lifesaver' or, indeed any hard-boiled sweet between a pair of pliers in a dark room, you will see flashes of light. This is due to a phenomenon called triboluminescence and is due to the friction as sugar particles rub against each other.

You need to be in the room for a good while beforehand for your eyes to become accustomed to the dark.

smiley - coolsmiley - wowsmiley - scientistsmiley - biggrin


Of course not!

Post 100

Baron Grim

Come to think of it, I'm kinda amazed none of use mentioned it already here. That's one of the first things I thought of when the glowing pickle was mentioned. smiley - wow

I've done that one before... Not with pliers mind you, just other students jaws in my school dark room.

Anyone know of any naturally phosphorescent foods? I know some liquors glow nicely under UV lights.


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