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We had a sort of pre-crimbo night out pub lunch at the office today and were having the usual random conversations over a beer after the meal. For some reason we were talking about birds and in particular Parotts (sp?). Using my recently acquired scoobynet knowledge (see SN is useful ;)) I advised that they live for ages, are difficult to look after, etc, etc.
At this point one of the normally quiet guys pipes up that one of his mates had a pet bird that broke its leg. To solve this he attached a match (splint) to the birds leg to allow it to heal. All was going swimmingly until the bird decided it didn't like the strange object attacted to its leg and started scrapping it against everything in its cage..........including the sandpaper on the bottom. Cue friction, cue flame, cue bird fireball, cue death :D ROTLFMAO :D .....but also :( |
lmao cracking stuff, shame though you would have thought the idiot would have lit the match and put it out first though dont you think
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ditto! would have thought it would have been a pre-lit match or maybe use a cocktail stick or two.
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It is fairly mince, you can even pick the 'dangerous' (what's the stuff called???) part of a match off with your nail :rolleyes:
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A match wouldnt fry anything, It would just singe its feathers and burn its leg off.
Unless his mate covered it in petrol. cha0s |
:eek: That's a bit mad sounding!
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Strange. We must share mates. Mine told me the exact same story last time I was up in Bolton.
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Urban Legend (in a lake!)
http://www.maxpages.com/folklore/Exploding_Budgie (site has annoying popups) and http://www.snopes.com/critters/mishaps/budgie.htm (popup free) [Edited by ajm - 12/16/2003 4:55:04 PM] |
It is fairly mince, you can even pick the 'dangerous' (what's the stuff called???) part of a match off with your nail |
when anyone says "a mate of mine says/did this" take it with several pinches of, no make that a full shaker of salt.
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It is fairly mince, you can even pick the 'dangerous' (what's the stuff called???) part of a match off with your nail |
It's called Phosphorus, dear I must admit when I heard it my first though was 'surely this is an urban legend' but the guy that told us is a REALLY quiet lad and doesn't have much to say for himself. He'd be unlikely to bother with a story he didn't truely believe himself. Nevertheless, fact or fiction I laughed my ass off and that's good enough for me :D |
Oh, and Claire I haven't spent the best part of my adult life destroying my lungs so I don't know much about matched :p
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Kenny, just waiting for the thread:
what funeral for my mates parrot!! :D :D :D |
Most of my adult life. What? A whole 4 years! :p
Isn't it great to be 20. And FYI I learnt that at school. It is an essential component of living systems and is found in nervous tissue, bones and cell protoplasm. Phosphorus exists in several allotropic forms including white (or yellow), red, and black (or violet). White phosphorus has two modifications. Ordinary phosphorus is a waxy white solid. When pure, it is colourless and transparent. It is insoluble in water, but soluble in carbon disulphide. It catches fire spontaneously in air, burning to P4O10, often misnamed as phosphorus pentoxide. When exposed to sunlight, or when heated in its own vapour to 250°C, it is converted to the red variety. This form does not ignite spontaneously and it is a little less dangerous than white phosphorus. The red modification is fairly stable and sublimes with a vapour pressure of 1 atmosphere at 417°C. Isolation Here is a brief summary of the isolation of phosphorus. Originally, phosphorus was extracted from urine. However there is plenty of phosphorus in phosphate ores and those ores represent the usual source for commercially produced phosphorus. There is normally no need to make phosphorus in the laboratory as it is readily available commercially. The usial route involves heating a phosphate with sand and carbon in an electric furnace. It is highly energy intensive. 2Ca3(PO4)2 + 6SiO2 + 10C (1500°C) 6CaSiO3 + 10CO + P4 The reaction may proceed via "phosphorus pentoxide", P4O10. 2Ca3(PO4)2 + 6SiO2 + 6CaSiO3 + P4O10 P4O10 + 10C 10CO + P4 :D Courtesy of www.webelements.com :p Edited to add: At least some of us paid attention at school! :p [Edited by eClaire - 12/16/2003 5:50:57 PM] |
Originally, phosphorus was extracted from urine |
My pet hamster died yesterday :( ...................
It fell asleep at the wheel :D |
lmfao :D
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It is an essential component of living systems and is found in nervous tissue, bones and cell protoplasm. Phosphorus exists in several allotropic forms including white (or yellow), red, and black.......... |
your quiet mate probably sits in front of a computer all night(geek)exactly the same as we are DOH!!
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once you tell him that he has been exposed as a fraud on the internet he will probably never speak again! ;)
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Nah, he's not a net buff! He's the sort that does yoga, reads novels and talks to his plants :D:eek::D
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