The Student Room Logo
Applying to Uni for 2024? Find your Uni here and chat with others! >>
Applying to Uni for 2024? Find your Uni here and chat with others! >>
Applying to Uni for 2024? Find your Uni here and chat with others! >>

Successful Cambridge Applicants Chat - 2006

Scroll to see replies

rpotter
I guessing they cut some grass :p:

Well i spose you could make 'interesting' shapes on grass, we thought about getting some weedkiller and making an 'interesting' shape to greet everyone in the morning


thats actually quite a good idea you know. there was once a giant penis trodden into the snow on a playground. the chemistry teachers seem up for a big experiment at the end of this year. the experiment to beat was a bin liner full of methane and a match thrown in. personally i cant think of any bigger ones. rpotter the natsci should be able to tell us one
Reply 1641
Avatar for Robob
Robob
17
boltcarrier
thats actually quite a good idea you know. there was once a giant penis trodden into the snow on a playground. the chemistry teachers seem up for a big experiment at the end of this year. the experiment to beat was a bin liner full of methane and a match thrown in. personally i cant think of any bigger ones. rpotter the natsci should be able to tell us one


Well i do love explosions, once blew something up on open day (I claimed it was an accident and that I didnt know mixing loads of chemicals together and heating could be dangerous), they havent asked me to help out in the chem department since then actually...strange that :p:

Hmmm, well you could use C7H5N3O6 (TNT) if you want to risk your life making it :p: . Although my cheistry book does tell me how to make picric acid, which is slightly less explosive than TNT although my teacher says it can be dangerous but what would he know :p: . If you can somehow get your hands on liquid oxygen that would be good, most things burn amazingly well with it.
I still love the one where you fill a polythene bag with oxygen and hydrogen and hold a lit splint to it - not the most subtle, but still fun :biggrin: burning iron filings is also fun - and pretty.
friendlyneutron
I still love the one where you fill a polythene bag with oxygen and hydrogen and hold a lit splint to it - not the most subtle, but still fun :biggrin: burning iron filings is also fun - and pretty.


yeah theres lots of pretty burning ones. i liked the one where the sparks flew out of the tub, i think it was thermite or something.

rpotter, do NOT fool around with TNT or picric acid! something like C4 is far safer - it wont spontaneously explode. but luckily for us all you wouldnt know the first thing to do if someone gave you C4 :smile:
*sigh*

I've actually watched most of the episodes of Brainiac. Lots of explosions in that ^_^.

Wonder if it would be possible to make thermite?
Reply 1645
Avatar for Robob
Robob
17
boltcarrier
but luckily for us all you wouldnt know the first thing to do if someone gave you C4 :smile:


I resent that statement, I am watching it right now :p:
sassygirl
*sigh*

I've actually watched most of the episodes of Brainiac. Lots of explosions in that ^_^.
Wonder if it would be possible to make thermite?


what is thermite? i always thought it was the name of a reaction with metals in it.

if you thought brainiac was good at destroying stuff, royal engineers are better, and bigger, by miles. i learnt lots of tricks, unfortunately none of which would be suitable for a muck up day, it would be way too dangerous
Lol! Actually, it might be. Brainiac isn't exactly renowned for its scientific accuracy. They referred to it as a mix of iron and aluminium, which burned at 2500 Celsius. But if might just be a reaction between metals, I'm not sure.
sassygirl
*sigh*

I've actually watched most of the episodes of Brainiac. Lots of explosions in that ^_^.

Wonder if it would be possible to make thermite?


We got to watch our chemistry teacher do the thermite reaction in GCSE chemistry. It was pretty.
Reply 1649
Avatar for Apagg
Apagg
13
sassygirl
Lol! Actually, it might be. Brainiac isn't exactly renowned for its scientific accuracy. They referred to it as a mix of iron and aluminium, which burned at 2500 Celsius. But if might just be a reaction between metals, I'm not sure.


No, thermite is a real substance. It's used in guns - soldiers used to chew it to give themselves a "fever" to avoid combat in WW2.

Thank you Horrible History :biggrin:
Apagg
No, thermite is a real substance. It's used in guns - soldiers used to chew it to give themselves a "fever" to avoid combat in WW2.

Thank you Horrible History :biggrin:


Those books ruled! I loved the one about the Celts. Goosebumps were good kids books too - until they had a tv show and ruined it.
Reply 1651
Avatar for Aired
Aired
1
Thank you Horrible History :biggrin:


:toofunny:

FriendlyNeuton
Goosebumps were good kids books too - until they had a tv show and ruined it.


haha I remember that. Did you ever watch "Are you Afraid of the Dark?" :redface:
friendlyneutron
Those books ruled! I loved the one about the Celts. Goosebumps were good kids books too - until they had a tv show and ruined it.


Cut-throat Celts! That was fab! ALthough it always pissed me off because I though Celts was pronounced 'Selts' (like the football team) and it didn't alliterate properly. :mad:

Cruel Kings and Mean Queens and Terrible Tudors were the only extra reading I did for one module of AS history :redface:
Aired
:toofunny:



haha I remember that. Did you ever watch "Are you Afraid of the Dark?" :redface:



YES! Our generation had the best tv programmes - Fresh Prince anyone?
friendlyneutron
YES! Our generation had the best tv programmes - Fresh Prince anyone?


Oh my, so much rapping. If/when we get to Cam you will have to get me drunk and I'll do my Fresh Prince of Belair rap.
Reply 1655
Avatar for Loocy
Loocy
Aired
:toofunny:



haha I remember that. Did you ever watch "Are you Afraid of the Dark?" :redface:


That used to scare the crap out of me. :frown: There was one all about hockey sticks which turned into snakes which I swear is the one cause of my massive snake/eel phobia.

*shudder*
parsleythelion
Oh my, so much rapping. If/when we get to Cam you will have to get me drunk and I'll do my Fresh Prince of Belair rap.


Aah I do that too! ... But sober :frown: Still, you can't count yourself a child of the 90s unless you know all the words :wink:
Reply 1657
Avatar for Apagg
Apagg
13
So many people think they know the words when in fact they only know the bastardised shortened version that they used after the first 3 or 4 shows. Got to learn all the words people.
I want to do it at karaoke but they don't have it :frown:
I begged and pleaded with her the other day
But she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way
She gave me a kissin and she gave me my ticket
I put my walkman on and said I might aswell kick it

First class, yo this is bad,
Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass
Is this what the people of bel-air livin like
Hmm this might be alright!

:biggrin:
I never read Goosebumps books. My childhood reading was really quite weird--no Enid Blyton or 'modern' books, all Louisa May Alcott, Francis Hodgson Burnett and stuff like that. Oh, and Noel Streatfield. Over, and over, and over again. Once I sat down and thought 'I bet I can write the first chapter word-for-word' and I *nearly* did. Made some mistakes ^^. I had a 'literary' childhood I guess. In contrast, my current reading is as trashy and pulpy as it gets! Karma, I guess.

I'm a total wuss when it comes to scary stuff. I get nightmares SOOO easily. It's why I read so much paranormal romance--it kind of defuses all the scary ghosty, vampy, were-wolfy stuff. I mean, if the 'things that go bump in the night' are in love with you and protecting you, you can't really be scared of them.

I once watched an episode of 'Monster Blood' on Fox Kids (god I love that channel) and I've felt claustrophobic on aeroplanes ever since. Well, aeroplanes are claustrophobic anyway, but 'Monster Blood' just made it worse.

Quick Reply

Related discussions

Trending

Latest