Particle Plushies

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » 29 Jun 2008 18:24

http://www.particlezoo.net/

This is one of the nerdiest things I've seen for sale.

I kind of want the dark matter and Higgs boson ones, though. Maybe an electron and positron, too. But the tachyon and proton just look silly.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 29 Jun 2008 18:50

Ooh! Nerdy! Want!!!

(Dilemma...these or those tachikoma collectibles...hmmmm.)

HoosierDaddy · Post by **HoosierDaddy** » 29 Jun 2008 22:03

When LHC goes live, these might turn into the next beanie babies craze. Imagine every university physics department having a set of these.

My high school chemistry teacher had a stuffed "mole" that he used to throw around the class when somebody didn't think "normal". On the side of it was 6.02x10^23 (obv).

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 29 Jun 2008 22:34

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » 30 Jun 2008 00:26

HoosierDaddy wrote:When LHC goes live, these might turn into the next beanie babies craze. Imagine every university physics department having a set of these.

My high school chemistry teacher had a stuffed "mole" that he used to throw around the class when somebody didn't think "normal". On the side of it was 6.02x10^23 (obv).

My high school chemistry teacher just made fun of people who didn't think normal. But then, he also made fun of the posters that warned us to wear goggles in chemistry lab.

My high school physics teacher just threw markers at people who didn't think.

(SC, the answer is one of each!)

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 30 Jun 2008 01:20

(Oh ... right! For a moment I was confused and thought that was the explanation for "fuckly".

)

My highschool chem teacher used to hump the lab tables. At least, that's what it looked like he was doing.

He also disliked rubber stoppers and would cover the opening of the test tubes with a thumb while he shook them.

Most of the right one grew back by the time I graduated.

Nekhrun · Post by **Nekhrun** » 30 Jun 2008 08:36

SandChigger wrote:(Oh ... right! For a moment I was confused and thought that was the explanation for "fuckly". )

My highschool chem teacher used to hump the lab tables. At least, that's what it looked like he was doing.

He also disliked rubber stoppers and would cover the opening of the test tubes with a thumb while he shook them.

Most of the right one grew back by the time I graduated.

I had a physics teacher who tried to run through a brick wall every year (he never made it).

GamePlayer · Post by **GamePlayer** » 30 Jun 2008 11:20

OMG, these are so hilarious! Of all the things to make into a plushie

I love the Neutron

loremaster · Post by **loremaster** » 02 Jul 2008 14:17

When i was an a level student, I had a little cartoon all across my chemistry coursework, annotating, commenting and narrtating it. His name was Mole-cules (Strongest mole alive).

Now as a teacher he's one of my higher level jokes to my GCSE classes.

I've googled it on the internet before, and:

molecules "strongest mole alive"

turns up no results. Oh how i`d love to be the first.

Hunchback Jack · Post by **Hunchback Jack** » 02 Jul 2008 14:50

I've forwarded the link to a friend of mine who is a theoretical physicist. I may just buy him some and send them to him.

HBJ

inhuien · Post by **inhuien** » 02 Jul 2008 15:40

You gotta love the Anti-Bottom Quark.