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The Buckets by Greg Cravens for January 21, 2014
Transcript:
So science fairs don't even allow volcanoes anymore? Nope. After they became a sitcom cliche, they had to be banned. See? One year in the early 1990s there were science fairs posed entirely of volcanoes... But only half the students knew real lava wasn't composed of vinegar and baking soda.
Hunter7 about 11 years ago
Toby is …. is……. he..is… . passing on knowledge…. of stuff he learned! ….. which mjeans… ummm… he already googled Science Fair Volcanes because he was thinking of a quick fix.
Allan CB Premium Member about 11 years ago
LoLSo Toby is telling me there is no such thing as the vinegar volcano?! Damn.
Comic Minister Premium Member about 11 years ago
I see.
gregcartoon Premium Member about 11 years ago
Just to clarify, here… In my kids’ schools- they really DO ban volcanos as science fair projects. No joke.
gcarlson about 11 years ago
The 1964 edition of World Book Encyclopedia had instructions for simulating a hurricane in a box as a science project.
gregcartoon Premium Member about 11 years ago
I think in 1964, they still believed that hurricanes were caused by noxious etheric vapours, and that plate tectonics was a crazy idea by a weatherman, didn’t’ they?