December 14, 2001

The following message was posted

The following message was posted on the internal bulletin board here at work, under the title "Physics Reminder":

For whoever left two cans of soda in one of the building 1 refrigerators:

1) Soda is mostly water.

2) Water expands when it freezes.

3) The pop-top was invented many years ago, and all soda cans have them. The pop-top is a built-in weakness that does not affect the can's integrity under "normal" conditions.

4) As far as soda is concerned, living in the freezer ain't a normal condition.

Therefore, when the soda in the can freezes it expands and finds the pop-top weakness and - voila!- instant slimy foamy slushy frozen mess in the freezer.

Posted by Lisa at December 14, 2001 11:11 AM
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