Friday, October 10, 2008

Trivia Question

Here's the only reason I ever watch hot air balloons. Hopefully el supremo doesn't know them.

Trivia question:
How long does it take for a can of sliced pineapple to explode while sitting at a relatively constant temperature?

Possible answers:
1) It can sit almost forever. Joe just needed filler for his blog today.
2) According to the production date, just under 10 years.
3) According to the production date, just over 5 years.
4) It depends on if it's a can of South African pineapples or North American pineapples.

Tough game for the Bears this weekend against Atlanta, but I'm hopeful. We're going to have to tackle a good running back in Michael Turner, not our strength. The defensive end, Abraham, for Atlanta is pretty awesome too and he might expose our offensive line. Kyle could conceivably have his skull crushed by this dude.

The correct answer is just under ten years. Why did I have ten year old pineapple slices in my pantry? It was wishful thinking after a trip to Mexico ("Why don't we have daiquiris EVERY night?!"). The explosion was somewhat minor, though confusing. The spray was brownish and very, very sticky....almost like a beer exploded.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hot air ballooning is NOT a safe sport. We have fatalities on average every three years at the Fiesta. I once asked a balloonist friend (who had been involved with a number of record breaking flights) to recommend a "safe" pilot because Wife wanted to do on a flight. His answer was "there is no such thing as a safe hot air balloon flight."

Exploding pineapple! Crap, I could have been nosing around in your pantry looking for breakfast cereal when that happened. Better to be lucky than smart.

I was going to chose a.