Comment on if H₂O is so great why isn’t there H₂O₂

toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• titter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Two chemists go out to eat together. The waitress asks them what they would like to drink. The first chemist cheekily responds that they would like some H2O. The second chemist thinks this is a great idea and orders an H2O too. The second chemist dies.

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Always liked that one, too.

    I once went to a restaurant with a friend. My friend ordered a root beer, then the waitress turned to me and asked what I would like. I said “I’ll have a root beer, also.” The waitress nodded, wrote that down, and walked away.

    It soon became clear that something had gone awry; our sodas didn’t come and the waitress could be seen walking around the back of the restaurant asking other staff something. Finally, the waitress sent out the (very pregnant, I felt bad that she had to walk out) bartender to tell me that she was sorry, but she’d never heard of a “root beer alto” and so wasn’t sure how to make it.

    I always found that a bit embarrassing. I tend to use “also” instead of “too” because I find it less ambiguous and also because I have pedantic friends who, if I had said “I’ll have a root beer, too” would say things like “root beer 1 not good enough for you?” My intent was to be more clear, not less! That’s the only time it’s backfired for me, though.

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    • titter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh my gosh that is funny

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      • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Hopefully enough so to make you at least titter!

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• jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s a good poem, but not a limerick. Limericks have 5 stanzas in AABBA format.

  literarydevices.net/limerick/

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  • JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a diddle to the toon of the Oscar Myer jingle.

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• SirSamuel@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh man yeah, I remember seeing this on thinkgeek a while back. I wish I had gotten that shirt before they went under

  The rhythm was a little different tho:

  Johnny was a chemist’s son
  But Johnny is no more
  What Johnny thought was H2O
  Was H2SO4

  Pretty great, thanks for the reminder 😁

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My pleasure!

    It’s very likely you could find that on a shirt somewhere else or just have one made.

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