baggygravy
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 Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 10:51 pm Post subject: Chalk and Cheese |
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Don't let the subject fool you, this post is actually about chalk and cheese. Are they opposites? People say "as different as chalk and cheese", like chalk and cheese are the very epitome of the concept of opposition, like they are the two things with the least in common in the entire universe. Is this true. I'm really not sure. Chalk is calcium carbonate, I think I remember from Chemistry. CaCO3? That rings a bell, I'm not 100%, could easily be something else. Cheese - f*ck, I dunno, cheese is organic so that's a hydrocarbon I think, could be anything but it's probably got hydrogen and carbon in it. So whatever the differences, eating both will give you calcium in your diet, which has got to be good for your teeth and bones, and carbon too, which makes graphite and diamonds, both with value in their own right. Oxygen is good too. Hydrogen is explosive, so that could be a down side. But if you only eat chalk, you get calcium but no hydrogen. So chalk is better for you.
Apart from that, you can write with chalk but not with cheese except maybe Brie or some other soft French cheese on a hot day and with the appropriate surface. Cheese comes from a cow. Chalk comes from the ground. No-one's ever heard of a chalk fondue. In fact, to go back to my earlier point, has anyone ever eaten chalk and cheese together? Do they complement each other perfectly? People also say "opposites attract". Has anyone ever shown that chalk and cheese are strongly magnetically attracted to each other, experiments like this could pave the way for inexpensive yet environmentally friendly and partially edible fish-tank cleaners and the like. If it's true that they're opposites. Are they opposites? Are they as different as two things can be?
Please let me know your thoughts on this important matter. |
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