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Chemical jokes - 28 of them

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:46:41 GMT

Never let it be said that chemicals folk don't have a sense of humour. An industry friend has sent the Blog a few samples from this website devoted to hilarious side-splitting chemistry jokes. After some years in the aromatics business, the Blog's...(read more)

Museum of Broken Relationships

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:11:38 GMT

A museum dedicated to broken hearts has been founded in Croatia. "The Museum of Broken Relationships is an art concept which proceeds from the assumption that objects possess integrated fields - 'holograms' of memories and emotions - and...(read more)

Gold bars with your German chemicals

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:54:17 GMT

The next time I pass through Frankfurt airport on the way to the German chemical heartland , I will be sure to stop off at the new Gold To Go vending machine which was unveiled yesterday. A German company has launched a new type of automat which dispenses...(read more)

Koala bears at ICIS

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:09:59 GMT

Nel tells me that her daughter had to write a piece for school last week on endangered species, and went to find a nice picture of a koala bear on Google Images . She was astonished to find that the Number One picture of koala bears was from ICIS.com...(read more)

Michelle Obama chooses London chemicals pub

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:47:08 GMT

Michelle Obama and her daughters were photographed arriving at London's Audley pub on Monday, choosing the pub already made famous as the traditional meeting place for Europe's chemical elite after the annual Floggers Luncheon. The Blog was delighted...(read more)

Borat mankini arrest warning

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:07:18 GMT

England football fans in Almaty for the Kazakhstan match (England 4, Kazakhstan 0) on Saturday 6 June were warned not to wear the Borat swimsuit, or "mankini", unless they wanted to be arrested. Pictures of fans in the green thong reminded the...(read more)

Chemical engineers develop training programme for cats

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:05:53 GMT

Chemical engineers in the US have developed a training programme for cats, as shown in this video clip which my friend Dan Blank at RB Interactive in the States has been kind enough to forward. Using the procedures and techniques of the engineer, as well...(read more)

Molecules with Silly Names

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:06:48 GMT

Some of the chemical names here are SO cheeky that it is hard to believe they are genuine. Molecules like Arsole, Bastardane, Unununium, Moronic Acid, Dickite, Fucitol and Windowpane . Can they be for real? H aving checked them with my colleague Alex...(read more)

Paul's Credit Crunch Jokes

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Sun, 24 May 2009 17:57:35 GMT

My fellow blogger, Paul Hodges, on his Chemicals and the Economy blog , has posted some more credit crunch jokes . (photo Rex) Read More......(read more)

Baby's plastic bottle that heats itself

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:04:28 GMT

Here's another crafty way for babies to get themselves out and about with their parents. Ideal for car journeys and trips to restaurants, the Iiamo Go self-heating baby bottle has disposable heating cartridges and claims to heat milk to 37 degrees...(read more)

Recycled plastic balls

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:13:57 GMT

Nice picture in the TimesOnline Photo Gallery today, under Pictures of the Day: "A vendor pulls a handcart carrying balls made from recycled plastic along a street in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad." (photo Amit Dave/Reuters, TimesOnline...(read more)

Print your business card on meat

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:03:25 GMT

Why mess around with old-fashioned paper business cards when you can be chewing on Meat Cards ? Have your contact information seared onto beef jerky by laser beam . It's environmentally friendly and protein rich. (Photo Meat Cards) For more about...(read more)

Plastics guys are human too

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:30:58 GMT

Tucked away at the bottom of the new weekly online newsletter from the US plastics industry trade association, SPI's Inside Edge , I see that they have some links to their own " In the Hopper " blog which has some cutesy chemicals human...(read more)

Scottish sporrans go plastic

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:03:07 GMT

In what may prove to be a turning point for the beleagured Scottish plastics industry, EU MEPs in Strasbourg have voted to outlaw the traditional sealskin sporran, leaving a gaping commercial hole for manufacturers of synthetic sporrans to fill. MEPs...(read more)

Floggers: high spirits despite downturn and health scare

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:07:25 GMT

It may turn out that the timing of Floggers was fortunate, because although everyone was joking about swine flu, they were still hugging and (social) kissing with abandon, and no-one had yet started to think about avoiding mass gatherings . Particularly...(read more)