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RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 8:37 am
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(April 29, 2014 at 8:34 am)LostLocke Wrote: (April 29, 2014 at 7:10 am)ManMachine Wrote: P + O2 = 2 P2O5 Phosphorous Pentoxide (stable as P4O10)
Will rapidly react with moisture in the air to form
P4O10 + 6 H2O → 4 H3PO4 - droplets of phosphoric acid I'm not a chemist, but, what if he's not actually human? He's Martian and is attempting to partially recreate the Martian atmosphere he's used to breathing?
No?
OK, well I gave it a shot....
Flatulent Martians, there's a concept for a graphic novel if ever I saw one...
The Farty-Martis? Could run and run... (eewww)
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RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 12:48 pm
(April 29, 2014 at 7:13 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Yes
I have come across this before. Apparently it is to burn off the methane produced?
It doesn't quite seem to have the desired effectl
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RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 12:53 pm
I light matches when I shit in public. It kinda masks the sent of your shit. People would already know you were shitting because they can smell shit so the match smell just makes it easier on other bathroom visitors.
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RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 12:56 pm
(April 29, 2014 at 3:38 am)sven Wrote: One of my co-workers has a queer habit. I have encountered it before, and it is very odd.
When he has gone to the bathroom, he burns matches in there. I assume it is in order to mask the stench of poop.
Great. Now it smells like poop and burnt matches in there. That is much better.
Maybe he's smoking crack? 
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RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 1:10 pm
(April 29, 2014 at 12:56 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: (April 29, 2014 at 3:38 am)sven Wrote: One of my co-workers has a queer habit. I have encountered it before, and it is very odd.
When he has gone to the bathroom, he burns matches in there. I assume it is in order to mask the stench of poop.
Great. Now it smells like poop and burnt matches in there. That is much better.
Maybe he's smoking crack?
No. I believe he just took a really bad crap; the kind that leaves you thinking for a while.
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RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 1:24 pm
Ask him ... who does #2 work for.
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RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 1:36 pm
1)Methane is odorless so no help there.
2)There isn't a high enough concentration (thankfully) to sustain combustion of the diffused methane so only the little draft pulled through the flame will actually burn a very small amount of methane.
3) The stinky bits of fart gas are sulfur containing compounds like hydrogen sulfide and thiols and adding more stinky sulfur from the match seems a bit counterproductive. Maybe he is a homeopath?
All in all, sounds like a pretty useless behavior. Does he like the smell of burned matches?
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? 
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RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 2:04 pm
Seriously people. Poo Pourri. It is the best thing I've ever encountered. You just spray some in the pot before you poop, and voila! it captures the poop particles in the turlet. Not 100% because there is some travel time from hole to water. This is science.
This is also my favorite post.
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RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 2:39 pm
I'll probably spend the rest of the afternoon reading the comments in the review section.
Quote:This product not only made pooping more exciting, it also rescued my marriage from the blaming and the name calling.
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RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 2:45 pm
I love Amazon reviews. People write some hilarious stuff in there.
This may be my fave: Kleenex 36-pack review.
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