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Homemade Silly Putty

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the raising-copyright-questions dept.

kinema writes "Have you ever wanted a ball of Silly Putty as big as your head? Now you can make it at home. The University of Minnesota's Chemistry Department has instructions on how to make it on their website." Isn't silly putty a copyright circumvention tool? This should be regulated before it gets out of hand.

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  1. Should we be calling it "Silly Putty"? by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's amazing how a chemical compound created while trying to devise better ways to kill enemies works out to have recreational purposes.

    And they say America spends too much on military research.

    1. Re:Should we be calling it "Silly Putty"? by Guppy06 · · Score: 4, Funny

      And it didn't even involve the phrase "Hey y'all, watch this!"

  2. They've had this for years on the inter-web by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Any terrorist handbook worth its salt has had recipes for putties for years. OH! SILLY putty! I was thinking EXPLOSIVE putty! My bad.

  3. I hope this is a bulk recipe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you ever wanted a ball of Silly Putty as big as your head?

    I'm hydrocephalic, you insensitive clod! I'd prefer a smaller head, thank you.

  4. Now you can... by mgcsinc · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Now you can make it at home"

    Okay, sure, I'll just pull the sodium borate out of my cabinet under the sink.

    1. Re:Now you can... by Xpilot · · Score: 3, Funny

      Okay, sure, I'll just pull the sodium borate out of my cabinet under the sink.

      What, you're saying you don't have any in stock? What kind of geek are you? :p

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  5. From domestic materials? by heironymouscoward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My cousin gave me a recipe for making this from domestic materials... Salt has lots of sodium, and most brands of the toilet cleaner contain borate. Let me see... if I just mix a little of that with some garden fertiliser, then shake the whol >BOOOM

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