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The Glowing Pickle of Doom
Shagrath (Join the Metal Appreciators' Society @ A2556489) Posted Jul 14, 2004
great idea?
riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes Posted Jul 14, 2004
picklement...picklement, hmmmm... I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT!
great idea?
The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42 Posted Jul 14, 2004
what you mean the pickle has started to grow of its own accord while not hooked up to 120 volts???
truely astounding and amazing and many many other things
I think this calls for a cellebration
great idea?
Emee, out from under the rock Posted Jul 14, 2004
Does it only work with spears? Or would you have electrical arc problems with slices?
great idea?
The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42 Posted Jul 14, 2004
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?
WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. Posted Jul 15, 2004
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.
great idea?
riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes Posted Jul 15, 2004
now he needs a bride....
errr... woman pickle!!!...I LIKE !!!
great idea?
WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. Posted Jul 15, 2004
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.
great idea?
Baron Grim Posted Jul 15, 2004
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?
WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. Posted Jul 15, 2004
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...
Of course not!
Shagrath (Join the Metal Appreciators' Society @ A2556489) Posted Jul 16, 2004
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!
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Jul 18, 2004
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.
Of course not!
riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes Posted Jul 19, 2004
a pickleman sitting on a picklestool eating a pickleleg. pickledog steals pickleleg and receives picklestool right on the pickle.
Of course not!
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Jul 19, 2004
Well done, Riotact. Here is your prize of a virtual for the correct ionterpretation of that little drama.
BIGAL
Of course not!
The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42 Posted Jul 19, 2004
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!
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Jul 20, 2004
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.
Of course not!
Baron Grim Posted Jul 20, 2004
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.
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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The Glowing Pickle of Doom
- 81: Shagrath (Join the Metal Appreciators' Society @ A2556489) (Jul 14, 2004)
- 82: riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes (Jul 14, 2004)
- 83: The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42 (Jul 14, 2004)
- 84: Emee, out from under the rock (Jul 14, 2004)
- 85: The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42 (Jul 14, 2004)
- 86: WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. (Jul 15, 2004)
- 87: riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes (Jul 15, 2004)
- 88: WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. (Jul 15, 2004)
- 89: WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. (Jul 15, 2004)
- 90: Baron Grim (Jul 15, 2004)
- 91: WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. (Jul 15, 2004)
- 92: Shagrath (Join the Metal Appreciators' Society @ A2556489) (Jul 16, 2004)
- 93: The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42 (Jul 16, 2004)
- 94: Baron Grim (Jul 16, 2004)
- 95: BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows (Jul 18, 2004)
- 96: riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes (Jul 19, 2004)
- 97: BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows (Jul 19, 2004)
- 98: The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42 (Jul 19, 2004)
- 99: BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows (Jul 20, 2004)
- 100: Baron Grim (Jul 20, 2004)
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