Ask a Silly Question, Get a Silly Answer

[duckfan77]

Definitely not

Why'd I get back home at 2:15am?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Because you were out having fun!

What was the “are you my mummy” question a reference to?

 

[duckfan77]

(If you call pushing a button 3 times every two minutes, then moving a 1000+ lbs thing on casters with three people fun, then sure)

No clue ^_^

sploosh or ka-BOOM?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

(that doesn't sound like fun were you moving stuff via lift?! Also, it was a reference to the Doctor Who two-parter "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances", which is SUPER creepy. Look them up )

Ka-BOOM, for sure.

Will humankind land on Mars in our lifetime?

 

[duckfan77]

(Slowly ramping down the temperature in an oven to avoid the part cracking from thermal shock, then *moving* said part around)

Probably, though it depends on how long we live

carbon or silicon?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Carbon, but I’ve got a soft spot for silicon because of what I do

Cheddar or Gouda?

 

[duckfan77]

Cojack

group 1 or group 7 elements?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Group 1, always.

Halogens or Chalcogens?

 

[duckfan77]

Halogens are more interesting, but quite a bit more terrifying.

Chlorine Triflouride or Dioxygen Diflouride?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

FOOF, I reckon

Fluorous phase chemistry or atmospheric chemistry?

 

[duckfan77]

flourous phase certainly sounds more dangerous

clouds or sun?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Sun.

Interestingly, fluorous phase is actually a lot LESS dangerous than it sounds! It involves using perfluorinated solvents, which are actually very unreactive, and behave as a separate liquid phase to their hydrogen-organic equivalent; so you could have a catalyst with a perfluorinated tag in the fluorous phase, and your reactants in an organic phase. You can mix them together to make them react, but then the two phases separate once mixing stops, allowing very efficient separation of catalyst from your final product!

Why am I a chemistry nerd?

 

[duckfan77]

Because you're a chemist

Why was I late to class?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Because you were abducted by aliens.

Why haven’t I gone to sleep yet?

 

[duckfan77]

It's only 10:45 PM.

Why did I accidentally Ctrl+shift+w my browser, closing it all?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Because it’s easy to make mistakes.

Why do I need to go to sleep earlier than 10:45 to make sure I don’t feel exhausted the following morning?

 

[duckfan77]

Because aging is evil

Why do I have a late class?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Because Timetabling are evil.

Which way round does the earth spin?

 

[duckfan77]

Positive

What melts?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

My heart, when I look at my kids.

What sublimes?