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A queer habit
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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. 
Um...
 
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lol
 Strange post is strange!Burns up the methane? Sulphur counter acts methane? Must try it. 
Make him a big bowl of beans. Next time he goes to the bathroom... BEWM! Problem... possibly solved.
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-Stephen Jay Gould  (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. Maybe he eats a lot of burnt matches. MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment) (April 29, 2014 at 6:20 am)ManMachine Wrote:That would be... very strange?(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. RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 7:10 am
(This post was last modified: April 29, 2014 at 7:15 am by ManMachine.)
(April 29, 2014 at 6:30 am)sven Wrote:(April 29, 2014 at 6:20 am)ManMachine Wrote: Maybe he eats a lot of burnt matches.That would be... very strange? I'm guessing it's some misguided attempt to burn off residual methane gas and therefore the smell. But methane rises in air, as anyone who's attempted to float a sneaky one past a partner will testify (don't act innocent, you know who you are), so by the time he's lit the match the methane has floated to the top of the restroom. Meanwhile, the match fumes; 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 The acid will fall to the ground leaving the carbon smoke from the burning wood from the match suspended in the air. So you walk into a layer of phosphorous acid droplets beneath carbon particulates (as wood smoke) under methane gas. So when you hear the expression 'I'd give it 10 min before you go in there' now you know why. MM Flatuleology - a branch of science with the highest practitioner to expert ratio.
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment) 
Yes
I have come across this before. Apparently it is to burn off the methane produced? "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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Oh, it would be unwise for me to do it then, that thing is gunpowder.
 RE: A queer habit
April 29, 2014 at 8:34 am
(This post was last modified: April 29, 2014 at 8:34 am by LostLocke.)
(April 29, 2014 at 7:10 am)ManMachine Wrote: P + O2 = 2 P2O5 Phosphorous Pentoxide (stable as P4O10)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.... |
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