What nonsense did you believe in as a kid?Ever thought that you could get flushed down the loo? That girls wee out their bottoms? Or that bumming means two men rubbing their bums together? Tell us about your childhood misconceptions. Thanks to Joefish for the suggestion.
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rob, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 15:21)
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Radio was so coolI was fascinated with how these bits of metal could send messages to each other, so like a proper scientist I decided to try some experiments to see which metals were most efficient. The experimental protocol went like this:
Take a 9V battery and attach crocodile clips.
Find two examples of the same denomination of coin (as they were the same metal)
Attach crocodile clips to one coin
Place other coin on the TV
Hypothesis: The presence of the coin's signals will create interference, degrading picture quality to the point the Antiques Roadshow becomes unwatchable.
After some months I reluctantly accepted the null hypothesis.
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Ungersven would support SpankyHanky's patreon, Mon 23 Jan 2012, 2:16,
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Did you not end up shorting your battery, and ending up rather... you know... on fire?
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NahI'd guess that most of the 9V batteries I had were veterans of a tour in a RC car, and therefore were weedy as fuck.
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Ungersven would support SpankyHanky's patreon, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 23:58,
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IncredibleThat you had no idea of how a radio works, yet you fully grasped the equally cerebral concept of the null hypothesis.
You were right to choose the Antiques Roadshow as the dependent variable though.
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P-MONKE We're all fucked, Mon 23 Jan 2012, 8:56,
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