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Indestructible Super Mug To Save Humanity
prostoalex writes "Next time a ceramic mug falls on the ground, you won't have to buy a new coffee:"A team of undergraduates at the university in Socorro designed a ceramic mug that can fall 15 feet onto concrete pavement and still hold a full cup of java afterward without leaking."" Thank god I can sleep easy at night ;)
A team of undergraduates at the university in Socorro designed a ceramic mug that can fall 15 feet onto concrete pavement and still hold a full cup of java afterward without leaking.
The secret is to butter the bottom of the mug, thus ensuring that it always lands the right way up.
When you have nothing left to burn you must set yourself on fire
The NewMexTech students are purportedly working on a new indestructable chair.
It will have the ability to absorb impacts from dropping, kicking or throwing due to sudden fits of rage and violent outbursts of anger.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Thank god I can sleep easy at night ;) Not if you drink that cup of Java :-P
I think I'll stick my ole reliable Pessimist's Mug to cheer me up in the morning. If I drop it, it was not meant to be.
True, they don't. But then, a parachute attached to the pieces in chess doesn't make any sense.
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Neither do the rules of chess.
ObYoungOnes:
Vyv (trying to fix a video recorder): Yeah, but it doesn't say, "ensure the machine isn't full of washing-up liquid"!
Mike: Well it wouldn't, would it?! I mean, it doesn't say, "ensure you don't chop up your video machine with an axe, put all the bits in a plastic bag and bung em down the lavatory"!
Vyv (grabs video recorder): Doesn't it? Maybe that's where we're going wrong!
"Obscenity is the crutch of the inarticulate motherfucker."