A party trick!

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A good trick to try on a group of drunken peoples! just kidding
Explain that just as a glass prism splits up the different colours of white light, when different coloured light passes through glass, it is also affected to an extent that depends on its colour.
Write the words CARBON DIOXIDE on a piece of paper, CARBON in red and DIOXIDE in blue. Put the paper close behind the stem of a wine glass and look at the words through the stem. The red letters turn upside down, but the blue ones don't.
So is the glass affecting the red light more than the blue?




You weren't fooled, were you? This has nothing to do with the different colours of the words, or of red light being bent more or less than blue light. The stem of the wine glass turns both words upside down, but because DIOXIDE is symmetrical about a horizontal line, you don't notice that it is upside down - it looks just the same either way!

40 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow.

Anonymous said...

ooo, this is friggin' awesome

Anonymous said...

too much spare time :P
...but then again i did read it

Anonymous said...

LOL....

I am SOOOO going to use that this week! I have a seminar and there is bound to be two or three drunk nights...I am on it!

Anonymous said...

I don't think articles should have "LOL" in them.

Anonymous said...

nice...but ummmm.... who is going to have a red and blue marker/pen at a party. if you bring them then u look like a loser

Anonymous said...

the use just two different colours black and blue or what ever

Anonymous said...

dude, you can carry red and blue markers in your pockets. Even if you don't wear pockets, WHO CARES WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK?!?!?!? I think everyone, even drunks, will love this trick.

Anonymous said...

you have to be retarded or drunk to not realize dioxide is has a line of symmetry going throught the middle which means this is only good for parties and my dad

Anonymous said...

This doesn't really work!

Anonymous said...

No No No this has to be the lamest thing ever....

Anonymous said...

ya our physics department has this on display too

Anonymous said...

High School physics class prank

Anonymous said...

i dont get it...

Anonymous said...

whoa dude that is freakeshly awsome

Anonymous said...

I done a poo

Anonymous said...

Nice? Terrible? Ok? I dunno...

Anonymous said...

Pretty obvious results and explaination

Anonymous said...

what if someone asks to try a different word?

Anonymous said...

hmm, fascinating

Anonymous said...

That's a stupid trick if you fell for it

Anonymous said...

It's not really that amazing.

Anonymous said...

That was cool i was not even drink and i still got it AMAZING

Anonymous said...

hahahahahahahahhahahh thatz cooollllliioooo 4 shulio

Anonymous said...

well if ur smashed i suppose it would look odd, may have to try this on random people who r drinkin wine

Anonymous said...

omfg this trik is kl but i fink if drunks wud like it i dont think they wud understand about the prism thingy in their state of mind

Anonymous said...

drunks cant read anyway

Anonymous said...

I done some white wee wee

Anonymous said...

ooooo i likee how teh font turned out! OH mayb thts how da vinci learned how to rite upside down....

Anonymous said...

thats pretty sweet

Anonymous said...

Guys if you flip dioxide upside down, it says the same thing becase they come out the same dioxide

D = flipped is D
I = flipped is I
O = Oh your mums a loser!

Anonymous said...

geeze...that is so old...I can't believe you guys are amazed by that...it's not that special

Anonymous said...

that is lame bro the word dioxide is congruent when reflected vertically but the word carbon isnt so when the two words are reflected the only one to be normal is dioxide

Anonymous said...

I WROTE THEM BOTH IN BLUE AND NEITHER ONE CHANGED, BECAUSE RED AND BLUE MAKE GREEN

Anonymous said...

o_O ... its very interesting reading this... and that trick might work... on a drunk or my nine year old brother

Anonymous said...

its alright but im mean its not the best trickever like it says. God is done

Zak said...

I will SO use this tonight.

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Aiping Wang said...

Great information! I’ve been looking for something like this for a while now. Thanks!

Goat Weed said...

Cool trick! Really! I will definitely try it next party.