When people are bored, they come up with all sorts of unusual experiments that, if otherwise occupied, perhaps they wouldn't ordinarily try. There is little doubt that this has led to some great discoveries over the years, but this particular one is probably unlikely to have widespread cultural ramifications. It involves Jello and the question of whether or not it can be nailed to a wall.
I won't keep you in suspense. Jello - or jelly if you're not from the US - cannot be nailed to a wall in its standard form. When prepared according to package directions, the amount of gelatin that gives the food its signature "jiggle" is not enough to hold it together when nailed to a board. If you live somewhere where you can purchase concentrated jelly/Jello cubes, however, you will find that it can easily be nailed to a wall.
Mystery solved.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-05-2007 @ 7:55PM
Dr Electro said...
I can't begin to tell you how many nights I have lain awake pondering just thsat question! Thank you Nicole for saving me from insomnia!!
Ok, now when's the Jello going to be ready?
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2-06-2007 @ 8:36AM
jill said...
My burning question is why anyone could possibly think something that's virtually liquid COULD (or should be) be nailed to anything.
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2-06-2007 @ 8:56AM
Rob said...
That all I needed I'm wallpapering with jello straight away
Rob
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2-06-2007 @ 11:55AM
Steve said...
Piffle. Cliff Stoll went through this in Silicon Snake Oil years ago. The trick is that you need to nail the jello to a board with a tightly placed grid of nails, and then nail said board to the wall. According to some reviews I've seen, he found two other ways to do this as well, but I don't recall them offhand.
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2-06-2007 @ 3:04PM
Miss Tiffie said...
one thing to cross off my "things to find out before i die" list.
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2-07-2007 @ 6:08AM
Sofia said...
One of my friends likens difficult things to "nailing jello to a brick". Now I know that her description is apt. :)
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