Here’s a selection of images extracted from watch and clock advertisements. Doubtless, you’ll easily find the common theme throughout the pictures, but the more pressing matter is, why does this common theme exist at all? The common factor being, of course, that all of these watches display a time of about 10:09. So why 10:09? [...]
Archive for August, 2009
A Bic pen is capable of scribbling 2 to 3 kilometers worth of doodles before giving out. Another neat detail: the little hole in the body of said Bic pen assures the same pressure both within and outside, helping avoid leaks and mistakes and similar catastrophes. Source : BicWorld While we’re talking about pens, have [...]
French people reek.
Aug 5
The rumor/caveat: French people allot the most minimal of efforts to personal hygiene and thus smell icky. This international legend dates back to the 16th century, an epoch during which Parisians disposed of their household wastes by nonchalantly hurling it out of their windows, not really bothering to forewarn the unsuspecting pedestrians strolling below. Furthermore, [...]
Soap bubbles!
Aug 5
Before all other stuff, you should firstly know that oil (and really all ‘dirt’ in general) predominantly consists of a group molecules dubbed ‘hydrophylic’ molecules. It’s a category that’s characterized by its stubborn immiscibility in water (immiscible means not mixable; it will never form a homogeneous, blended mixture). The simplest experiment demonstrating this principle consists [...]