A man brought his chemist friend to the bar for a drink with the other friends. When asked what he wanted, the chemist decided that since she’s the designated driver, she’ll order water. “I’ll have some H20, please!” the chemist said, with the man replying “I’ll have some H20 too!”
The bartender didn’t mind, since he has a sense of humor and understood he worked in an entertainment facility where people derive fun from saying and doing goofy things with friends and acquaintances, and this isn’t even be the weirdest thing he has heard a patron say this week.
I love the sequel to that one, too.
Same set up.
… The first man orders H20
The second man says “why would you say that? It’s incredibly pretentious, and you look like a jerk. Just order water.”
The first man frowns and sulks because his murder plot has been foiled.
It’s actually because “per” is used to denote the maximum “proportion” of an element. Compare “oxide”, which is just one oxygen. “per-” is also used in chemistry in the sense of the Latin prefix “per-”, which attaches to adjectives and verbs and such to convey the sense of “very” or “all the way”. For example, sometimes we refer to molecules as being “perdeuterated” when all hydrogen atoms have been replaced with the heavy isotope deuterium.
Reminds me on this chemist joke:
A man brought his chemist friend to the bar for a drink with the other friends. When asked what he wanted, the chemist decided that since she’s the designated driver, she’ll order water. “I’ll have some H20, please!” the chemist said, with the man replying “I’ll have some H20 too!”
The man died of ingesting hydrogen peroxide.
And the joke’s alternative anti joke punchline:
The bartender served them both water, because he fully understands everyday human interaction and translated the request as intended.
Well, for as much as you use the chemical formula for water in your everyday human interactions, anyway
The bartender didn’t mind, since he has a sense of humor and understood he worked in an entertainment facility where people derive fun from saying and doing goofy things with friends and acquaintances, and this isn’t even be the weirdest thing he has heard a patron say this week.
“Your mom is so fat, when she sits around the house … she’s morbidly obese.”
Little Billy was a chemist
Little Billy is no more
For what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4
I’ve heard it as:
For better meter: Johnny was a chemist’s son, but Johnny is no more / What Johnny thought was H2O you get the idea.
To which the bartender replied “I’m sorry, but we don’t have icosatomic hydrogen”
I love the sequel to that one, too. Same set up. … The first man orders H20 The second man says “why would you say that? It’s incredibly pretentious, and you look like a jerk. Just order water.” The first man frowns and sulks because his murder plot has been foiled.
is it called hydrogen peroxide because there’s one hydrogen per oxide?
It’s actually because “per” is used to denote the maximum “proportion” of an element. Compare “oxide”, which is just one oxygen. “per-” is also used in chemistry in the sense of the Latin prefix “per-”, which attaches to adjectives and verbs and such to convey the sense of “very” or “all the way”. For example, sometimes we refer to molecules as being “perdeuterated” when all hydrogen atoms have been replaced with the heavy isotope deuterium.
So, technically, yes