need of assistance

[Thorn]

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I hesitate to reply to this mildly digusting (to me) thread, but simply cannot resist. ...

Nothing like helping out at nursery school to give you lots of experience in disgusting. Please don't use the muffin mix idea.

I love it, shrdlu. You think it's disgusting, but you give the most practical advice in the thread.

[xor]

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I'm not participating unless is soy or non-fat milk :-)!!!!

xor

Assuming this is suppose to be non-edible, isn't mud just so much more economical and environmentally green. Plus it's good for the skin. It's Vegas call it the Defcon Spa treatment. You would just have to keep it from turning into cement in the dry heat.

[shrdlu]

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I'm not participating unless is soy or non-fat milk :-)!!!!

Assuming this is suppose to be non-edible, isn't mud just so much more economical and environmentally green. Plus it's good for the skin. It's Vegas call it the Defcon Spa treatment. You would just have to keep it from turning into cement in the dry heat.

The mud used in mud wrestling is not just water and dirt. Multiple things are added to it, including oil, to keep it from caking. Mud is very hard on skin in its natural state, since it leaches moisture out. Take a look at anyone's hands that work in soil, and you'll see what I mean.

The spa treatments tend to use clay soils, and those are even more drying than your average garden soil. These are also very hard to clean up, and to get out of things.

Stick to the pudding mix. It isn't fit to use as food in any case. You'll be saving some soccer mom's children. You could use a nice mix of pistachio and chocolate; that'd be extra gross, especially if you start out with them separated, and allow them to be mixed naturally (so to speak).

You know, I always *thought* that most defcon attendees were your basic standard two year olds (except for the libido thing).

I love it, shrdlu. You think it's disgusting, but you give the most practical advice in the thread.

Can't help it. I have applicable experience. Perhaps I'll post the recipe for cornstarch splash sometime (cornstarch+water has some amazing properties).

[streaker69]

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Can't help it. I have applicable experience. Perhaps I'll post the recipe for cornstarch splash sometime (cornstarch+water has some amazing properties).

Doesn't it form a colloidal solution, so that under certain circumstances you can actually walk across it?

[Deviant Ollam]

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Doesn't it form a colloidal solution, so that under certain circumstances you can actually walk across it?

yeap. i so want that at DEFCON

[theprez98]

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yeap. i so want that at DEFCON

Ok, so who's in to build non-Newtonian fluids and walk on Oobleck?

Let's do it!

[shrdlu]

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yeap. i so want that at DEFCON

Yeah, that's what it is. I should add that, with the current price of corn, you'd be better off trying it with salt than cornstarch, though. Yes, it works with salt. Think Great Salt Lake in Utah, or the Dead Sea. At the Salt Lake, I've heard you can break your neck trying to dive in. It's fun, and a bit eerie to float in, but it *smelllllssss*. Ew. Shrdlu does not like the bad smells.

The cornstarch mixture is hard to get right, too, but is very funny with friends who expect you to splash it out of the bowl. Even better is to add water before they try, so that they *get* the splash. Do it at someone else's house though. Messy to clean up. Very.

[streaker69]

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Yeah, that's what it is. I should add that, with the current price of corn, you'd be better off trying it with salt than cornstarch, though. Yes, it works with salt. Think Great Salt Lake in Utah, or the Dead Sea. At the Salt Lake, I've heard you can break your neck trying to dive in. It's fun, and a bit eerie to float in, but it *smelllllssss*. Ew. Shrdlu does not like the bad smells.

The cornstarch mixture is hard to get right, too, but is very funny with friends who expect you to splash it out of the bowl. Even better is to add water before they try, so that they *get* the splash. Do it at someone else's house though. Messy to clean up. Very.

I might happen to have access to 500,000 gallons of a colloidal solution, at least it might be a colloidal, it has about the consistency of the corn-starch solution.

[theprez98]

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I might happen to have access to 500,000 gallons of a colloidal solution, at least it might be a colloidal, it has about the consistency of the corn-starch solution.

I'll pass on your offer.

[Thorn]

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I might happen to have access to 500,000 gallons of a colloidal solution, at least it might be a colloidal, it has about the consistency of the corn-starch solution.

/me points at streaker69.


Do NOT take him up on that offer!

[shrdlu]

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I might happen to have access to 500,000 gallons of a colloidal solution, at least it might be a colloidal, it has about the consistency of the corn-starch solution.

That would be especially disgusting, and no, it isn't colloidal. You'll sink right in if you try that shit (pun intended).

[valanx]

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Yeah, that's what it is. I should add that, with the current price of corn, you'd be better off trying it with salt than cornstarch, though. Yes, it works with salt. Think Great Salt Lake in Utah, or the Dead Sea. At the Salt Lake, I've heard you can break your neck trying to dive in. It's fun, and a bit eerie to float in, but it *smelllllssss*. Ew. Shrdlu does not like the bad smells..

It also burns like all hell and is an immediate indication of a small cut anywhere on your person. Screaming smelly people floating in a kiddie pool may not go well with management. They tend to just bury people in the desert.

[shrdlu]

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It also burns like all hell and is an immediate indication of a small cut anywhere on your person. Screaming smelly people floating in a kiddie pool may not go well with management. They tend to just bury people in the desert.

I find what you say interesting and odd. Water with a high salt content would burn only if you have areas that need disinfecting. Considering the high number of past defcon attendees that have actually *needed* to bathe more often (IMNSHO), I think I am now willing to support this effort. Salt baths FTW!

The entry form will require an agreement for no screaming from the participant. Participants will *not* be checked for rashes or small cuts. I already have plenty of experience being abusive; this seems ideal to me. I will point out that they might (in violation of the rule mentioned above) be screaming, but they will not be smelly after a brief dunking. Perhaps goggles should be issued in case of inebriation or other foolishness.

[DJ Jackalope]

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*laughing* this is by far the most entertaining thread on the forums at the moment.

I like the cornstarch idea, that stuff is fun to play with. Is this slowly becoming a fund raiser for a non profit, taking bets on whatever mystery substance will hold someone/ the out come of a wrestling match/etc ?

Goofy Oobleck story though... I somehow ended up in an interesting situation with the now famous Fort Collins police department. (see Gruffy's story) Long story short, I had a container of the stuff in a cup and the cops had been warned to look for suspicious things of any nature and they were just completely WTFing at the goo.

[converge]

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I don't have a particular direction yet, just randomly thinking while I'm busy smelling like dirt and smoke.

Wondering things like:
How much pudding do you think a hacker could eat in one sitting? 5? What if they couldn't eat it all? What substances are most easily transportable and made with least effort?