Humour in Thermodynamics
thought classes are dull, you've got to thank God for lecturers with a sense of humour.
my thermodynamics lecturer is one of them and in the thick of all the mundane theory about open and closed systems and the 4 laws of thermodynamics etc, sat, a gem of a joke.
and a relavant joke at that.
it goes like this:
A thermodynamics professor had written a take home exam for his graduate students. It had one question:
" Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with a proof."
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls can also have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into hell and at what rate rate are souls leaving?
I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets into hell, it will not leave. Therefore no souls are leaving.
As for souls entering hell, lets look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to hell. Since, there are more than one of these religions and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in hell to increase exponentially.
Now, we look at the rate of change of volume in hell. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant.
Thus, there are two possibilities:
- If hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter hell, then the temperature and pressure in hell will increase until all hell breaks loose.
- If hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until hell freezes over.
If we accept the postulate given to me by a young lady during my 1st year, "It will be a cold night in hell before i sleep with you", then number 2 above is not true and so hell is exothermic.
muahahaha.. geddit? if not, no worries. its relies heavily on thermodynamic theory ma. Justin will definately understand. kekeke.
Sorry la people, im studying thermo now ma..exams are COMINGGG! save yourselves! aaahhhhrrghhhhh...*mass hysteria*
actually its only one person's hysteria. hehe. pardon the nonsense, exams ma..exams..
posted by tsuen (",)v @ 11:06 PM
4 Comments:
muahahaah, i read this joke more than a few times already. I must say, ur version is the most easiest to understand.
but the ending of ur stories, which is the 1st year young lady is very unclear. maybe i am juz plain stupid.
but in other version, it said that, he tried to date this gal during the first year, and wish to sleep with her, but she said "it will be a cold night in hell b4 i sleep with u". He mentioned that he never get to sleep with her during that period, so he assume hell is exothermic. hahhaha, is that the same meaning?
ahhaha..omg..!! THERMO JOKES!?!? HAHAHA=P
that's the first. I think I read it before somewhere. hahaha..
those were the good ol' days of thermo...ahhahaha..having fun yet? HAHAHA..
mannn... this is one cool joke... i think its rather witty :)
hey ik, yea thats what it means. cos she'll only sleep with him if hell turns cold. and since he knows that actually means a big fat NEVER, so he assumes hell is exothermic..
justin: thermo..thermo.. hahaha
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