Allegedly, the following is an actual question given on a University of Arizona chemistry mid term, and an actual answer turned in by a student.
The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor share it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats 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 weneed to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving, which is unlikely.. I think that 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.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.
Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project 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 of the volume in 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 proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. 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.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.
Thecorollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct..... .....leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'
Ήταν κάποτε ένας Έλληνας, ένας Άγγλος και ένας Γάλλος και περιέγραφαν την εpωτική τους ζωή.
Λέει ο Άγγλος:
– Εγώ το έκανα με την κοπέλα μου αφού την άλειψα με λάδι και ούρλιαζε για 30 λεπτά.
– Σιγά, εγώ το έκανα με την κοπέλα μου αφού την άλειψα με σαντιγί και ούρλιαζε για 1 ώρα λέει ο Γάλλος.
– Έλα μάγκες, είμαι ο καλύτερος από τους δυο σας, λέει ο Έλληνας. Εγώ άλειψα την γkόμενά μου με λιωμένη σοκολάτα και ούρλιαζε για 5 ώρες!
Μην μπορώντας να το πιστέψουν οι άλλοι δύο, τον ρωτάνε με ένα στόμα:
– 5 ώρες; Πώς τα κατάφερες;
– Πολύ απλά… σκούπισα τα χέρια μου στις κουρτίνες.
Έγκυος στο δεύτερο “παιδί” τους δηλώνει η Βραζιλιάνα που “παντρεύτηκε” μια πάνινη κούκλα και ελπίζει ότι θα είναι λόγος για να σωθεί ο “γάμος” τους. Τον γύρο του κόσμου έκανε τον περασμένο χρόνο η είδηση ότι η Meirivone Rocha Moraes “παντρεύτηκε” στη Βραζιλία μια πάνινη κούκλα, την οποία έφτιαξε...