averygoodun42 | A joke (that's been around for a while)

For those of you in a bad mood, whether thorough or otherwise, I offer this bit of amusement.

The following is an actual question given on a University of Liverpool
chemistry final exam. The answer by one student was so "profound"
that the professor shared it with colleagues via the Internet, which
is why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

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

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's
Law that 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. 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 constant, the volume of Hell must 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 Sandra 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 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is endothermic
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
extinct...leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a
divine being - which explains why, last night, Sandra kept shouting
"Oh my God."

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"