I just read this at another blog, and then my computer crashed so I can't link the right place...but it reminded me of my Psychology final my Junior year in High School. My professor, Mr. Wilson, gave us a big piece of white paper, with one question on it...It said:

Why:

Most of my classmates went into great detail of why and how the universe was created, why we exsisted at all, why the world was in the state it was at the time. I sat there for almost the entire exam time, trying and trying to think of an appropriate answer. Finally, in exasperation, I simply wrote down....

Because

Said fuck it to myself, turned in my paper, and left. I got the only A in the class for the final....This brought back memories, and I admire ballsy thinkers like this person.

"The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term.

Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, lets look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.
Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my freshman year, '...that it will be a cold dday in Hell before I sleep with you", and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then #2 cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze."

The student received the only "A" given."

It's entirely possible this is just a joke...but it still brought back memories of high school...and my superior intellegence....that or the last Vodka Tonic is really making me go insane...either way.

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