b3ta.com qotw
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Question of the Week » Pointless Experiments » Post 210884 | Search
This is a question Pointless Experiments

Pavlov's Frog writes: I once spent 20 minutes with my eyes closed to see what it was like being blind. I smashed my knee on the kitchen cupboard, and decided I'd be better off deaf as you can still watch television.

(, Thu 24 Jul 2008, 12:00)
Pages: Latest, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, ... 1

« Go Back

Can I borrow your chapstick?
More of a bet than an experiment, but it did make for interesting results...

I spent some time in Afghanistan last year, which among other things can at times be pretty boring.
During a tea break one day, bored out of my skull, I offered to eat my chapstick for a single US dollar, an offer taken up promptly by the guys I was with who put in a dollar between them.
Much hilarity ensued as I forced down the rose flavored goo, but unfortunatly I overlooked three important things:

1) being quite waxy it stuck to my teeth, mouth and tongue, meaning I could only taste wax for about 3 days.

2) The stuff chapsticks are made of is a reasonably efficient laxative.

and...

3) The chapstick cost me $1.50.

So in effect I paid 50 cents to spend the afternoon doubled over on the bog, scraping my tongue with my teeth to try and remove the taste.

Luckily it was only about an inch long....
(, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 14:29, 4 replies)
chapstick
What is a chapstick ?
(, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 15:13, closed)
Chapstick
Google it.
(, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 15:24, closed)
Britishification
"Lip balm."
(, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 15:45, closed)
We have chapsticks in Britain

(, Thu 31 Jul 2008, 10:32, closed)

« Go Back

Pages: Latest, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, ... 1