  Here's something funny that I thought was hilarious, mainly because I was taking chemistry during the time I recieved this in my inbox as a forward.
I just now found another copy of it at this web site: urlLink http://www.ryanjoseph.com/~dgale/hell.shtml . LOL And to think... My chemistry teacher offered extra credit if I could continue on with the explaination! YEAH RIGHT! LOL I can't do anything in chemistry the right way (except titrations...! ) Well...
I hope you enjoy it... that is, if you can understand it. And if it does offend somebody (I don't see how though...) I am sorry but you should take it up with somebody else... say... oh, I dunno... the guy who wrote that in his exam...? That sounds good to me. I really don't need the extra stress! Thanks! Exo or Endo? The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington Chemistry mid-term.
The answer was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, which is why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well. Bonus question: Is Hell exothermic or endothermic? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law, (gas cools off when it expands, and heats up when it is compressed), or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following: First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time.
So we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell, and the rate they are leaving. I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of that religion, you will go to Hell.
Since there are more than one of these religions, and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project then that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change in the volume of Hell, because Boyle's Law states that, in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities: If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose. Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Teresa Banyan during my Freshman year - that "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you" - and take into account that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then it cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic, and will not freeze. The student received the only 'A' given.
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