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The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 281

2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side...

Cucumbers are only dangers if you back them into a corner, or rupprise them; E.G., with a collyflower.


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 282

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

Beware Ninja Gherkins, the real killers of the cucumber world.


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 283

2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side...

pah! They're Kung-fu is old fashioned! smiley - zen


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 284

Baron Grim

smiley - boingsmiley - boingsmiley - boing


So, you're a professor at MIT and you want to demonstrate how OLED displays work at the molecular level, what do you do?


smiley - drumrollsmiley - drumrollsmiley - drumroll


Why make a glowing pickle of course!

smiley - discosmiley - magicsmiley - scientistsmiley - magicsmiley - discosmiley - magicsmiley - scientistsmiley - magicsmiley - disco


http://gizmodo.com/5370341/mit-scientist-explains-oleds-by-electrocuting-a-pickle


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 285

Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky.

Oh. My. Life.

smiley - boing


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 286

2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side...

smiley - wow
I am in awe we bow down to your glowing pickleness smiley - zensmiley - discosmiley - discosmiley - discosmiley - discosmiley - discosmiley - disco


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 287

Not-so-bald-eagle

smiley - lurk


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 288

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

Stop cruelty to pickles, they're innocent.

What colour does a MIT Prof go when you pass a current through him, eh..eh..lets do an experiment.


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 289

Tumsup

I haven't read the backlog so this may have already appeared.

There was a young lady named Perkins
Who, being too partial to gherkins,
Distained all advice
And consumed so much spice
That it pickled her internal wherkins.
smiley - run


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 290

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

Brilliant! Thanks for that, CZ smiley - discosmiley - discosmiley - discosmiley - boingsmiley - boing.

I'll put that link to mt PS so that I can find it easily smiley - biggrin


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 291

2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side...

smiley - applausesmiley - biggrin


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 292

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

Where's that smiley - smiley I requested yonks agosmiley - ermsmiley - discosmiley - disco


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 293

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

Apparently, ripening bananas glow blue when viewed under UV light smiley - wizardsmiley - zen

http://www.physorg.com/news171740114.html

(BTW one would think there'd be a banana smiley - smileysmiley - 2cents


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 294

Not-so-bald-eagle


I'm rather partial to a ripe banana... don't like the sound of fluorescent chlorophyll catabolites though

smiley - coolsmiley - bubbly

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121448271/PDFSTART?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 (the pretty picture is on page 2)


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 295

2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side...

smiley - ermsmiley - ermsmiley - badgersmiley - ermsmiley - ermsmiley - sadfacesmiley - wahsmiley - elvissmiley - flyingpigsmiley - ermsmiley - wah


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 296

Not-so-bald-eagle


Does that mean a glowing pickle and glowing banana sandwich.... only the bacon to get glowing now and then Monsieur 2 Jambes will be happy

smiley - coolsmiley - bubbly


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 297

Not-so-bald-eagle


here's the tomatoe for the glowing sandwich

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-_niADSxVhPI/make_a_glowing_tomato/

smiley - coolsmiley - bubbly


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 298

2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side...

smiley - wow I've this insane idea... for an installation piece of art... consisting of electric vegetables all glowing or smoldering or just sitting there, with electricity... hmmm.... smiley - tomatosmiley - corncobsmiley - weirdsmiley - hotdogsmiley - burgersmiley - porkpie


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 299

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

"You won't believe waht's written on the side of this home-grown cucumber I got given! smiley - snork

Signed: 2legs


The Glowing Pickle Thread (A subidiary of the most boring and banal thread on h2g2)

Post 300

2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side...

smiley - snork really... turely.... I didn't realise most home-grown cucumbers are ... well... kinda smiley - snork nobbly on the outer surface... kinda bumpy... smiley - snorksmiley - blushsmiley - angelsmiley - drool Not tried electricuting it yet though, maybe I should.... or would i need to pickle it first?; I've some gherkins in the fridge smiley - droolsmiley - run


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