The properties of Hell!!! I don't know if this is really true but so what!

[green69rt]

The following is an actual question given on a University of Arizona chemistry
midterm, and an actual answer turned in by a student.

The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with
colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the opportunity
to read it as well:

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs
heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools
when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to
know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are
leaving, which is unlikely. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets
to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls
are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you
will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people
do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that 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 the volume in Hell
because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell
to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are
added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. 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.

2. 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.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It
will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I
slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is
exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since
Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore,
extinct..... ....leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being
which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.

[bill440rt]

    

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[rt green]

love it

[flyinlow]

Sound logical to me.

[500Jon]

Should have been a 'B' only, SLEEPING is easy I do it most nights!!!

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[Tilar]

  That one definitely deserves an "A"