July 25, 2011 Mr. Science is at it Again!

This is what I came home to:

Pan of water boiling.

Beer bottle with a bit of water hanging by bailing wire in the boiling water. (Bailing wire? Seriously? Where does he come up with this stuff?)

Red Happy Birthday balloon on the beer bottle.

Luke's thought was that the boiling water (external water) would heat up the water in the bottle (internal water) up to boiling and the boiling water would blow up the balloon. Did you know that water boiling is actually a cooling process?

Or something.

He got the balloon to do this.

But, then he slapped his forehead and said "Blah. Blah. Pressure. Blah. Blah. Environment. Blah. Blah. Internal water won't boil so balloon won't inflate."

He was quite pleased with himself.

I did the dishes.

And thanked god I never, ever have to take a physics class.

Ever.