Comments on: Attack Of The Green Slime http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:40:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: dazzawul http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5140 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:30:05 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5140 oooh, no I wasnt being sarcastic, it just didnt click. For some reason I thought someone had taken a piss while up the roof cause they didnt want to get down from there, and cause noone would own up they wasted beer (the achillies heel of a tradie, if you will :P) in front of everyone? it was 2 am! my mind works funny! but thanks for the explaination :) oooh, no I wasnt being sarcastic, it just didnt click.

For some reason I thought someone had taken a piss while up the roof cause they didnt want to get down from there, and cause noone would own up they wasted beer (the achillies heel of a tradie, if you will :P) in front of everyone?

it was 2 am! my mind works funny! but thanks for the explaination :)

]]> by: dr_w00t http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5139 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:42:39 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5139 @corinoco: I'm not sure if the OP was pissing on his 240v power cables or not though. :) @corinoco:
I'm not sure if the OP was pissing on his 240v power cables or not though. :)

]]> by: dr_w00t http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5138 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:38:38 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5138 @dazzawul: I'm not sure if the medium of text is masking sarcasm in your comment or not but here we go anyway. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdigris" rel="nofollow">Verdigris</a> is the green coating on copper buildins (anything copper), and is apparently a desireable look for buildings with copper roofing. Apparently, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urea" rel="nofollow">urea</a> can be used as a catalyst/solvent/reagent (don't know which) to achieve the verdigris effect. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine" rel="nofollow">Urine</a> contains urea (and possibly a bunch of other stuff which may <i>actually</i> be the cause of the verdigris rather than urea specifically). As Dan pointed out above, VB is an Australian Beer, the thirst for which <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KolkCNvDnWc" rel="nofollow">you can get it fuckin a cow... matter of fact I'm fuckin one now</a>. Finally, alcohol, as we all well know, is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasopressin#Control" rel="nofollow">antidiuretic hormone inhibitor</a>. So to summarise, the builders would line up, drink half a slab each and piss all over the roof to make it go green! @dazzawul:
I'm not sure if the medium of text is masking sarcasm in your comment or not but here we go anyway.

Verdigris is the green coating on copper buildins (anything copper), and is apparently a desireable look for buildings with copper roofing. Apparently, urea can be used as a catalyst/solvent/reagent (don't know which) to achieve the verdigris effect. Urine contains urea (and possibly a bunch of other stuff which may actually be the cause of the verdigris rather than urea specifically). As Dan pointed out above, VB is an Australian Beer, the thirst for which you can get it fuckin a cow... matter of fact I'm fuckin one now. Finally, alcohol, as we all well know, is an antidiuretic hormone inhibitor.

So to summarise, the builders would line up, drink half a slab each and piss all over the roof to make it go green!

]]> by: dazzawul http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5137 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:26:54 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5137 Excuse my ignorance, but why are they tipping out cants of VB in front of the builders? :S Excuse my ignorance, but why are they tipping out cants of VB in front of the builders? :S

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5136 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:51:25 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5136 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Bitter">Victoria Bitter</a>, a popular Australian beer. (I note that Google currently ranks Visual Basic one above Victoria Bitter in a wikipedia.org <a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=site:wikipedia.org+vb">search for VB</a>, and AcronymFinder puts Posh Spice <a href="http://www.acronymfinder.com/VB.html">two steps higher</a>.) Victoria Bitter, a popular Australian beer.

(I note that Google currently ranks Visual Basic one above Victoria Bitter in a wikipedia.org search for VB, and AcronymFinder puts Posh Spice two steps higher.)

]]> by: Alex Whiteside http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5135 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:38:18 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5135 VB? VB?

]]> by: corinoco http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5134 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:53:12 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5134 Black cable rot. People of a certain age, who may have been avid RC car builders in the mid-eighties (how I wish I still had my Tamiya Superchamp, they're worth a fortune now) know, and fear the dreaded black cable rot. It always happened in the black (negative) cable, so the theories were either electolytic or chemical outgassing from black vinyl only. I think a blend of the two. I know some oils would do it too. A very left-field reason comes from the building trades - I'm currently working on a building with 1,200 sqm of glorious copper roof, and UREA is used to rapidly give it the verdigris look. Cue the stories of lining up the builders at the end of the day with half a slab of VB each, and they aren't allowed to go home until all is emptied. Black cable rot.

People of a certain age, who may have been avid RC car builders in the mid-eighties (how I wish I still had my Tamiya Superchamp, they're worth a fortune now) know, and fear the dreaded black cable rot.

It always happened in the black (negative) cable, so the theories were either electolytic or chemical outgassing from black vinyl only. I think a blend of the two. I know some oils would do it too.

A very left-field reason comes from the building trades - I'm currently working on a building with 1,200 sqm of glorious copper roof, and UREA is used to rapidly give it the verdigris look. Cue the stories of lining up the builders at the end of the day with half a slab of VB each, and they aren't allowed to go home until all is emptied.

]]> by: Red October http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5133 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:00:03 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5133 If he aims to find out by licking it, I'd advise he disconnect the other end beforehand... If he aims to find out by licking it, I'd advise he disconnect the other end beforehand...

]]> by: RichVR http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5130 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:34:06 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5130 Mint jelly? Mint jelly?

]]> by: Alex Whiteside http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5128 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:41:07 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/06/22/attack-of-the-green-slime/#comment-5128 Clearly he is being accosted by an evil Vulcan spirit trying to scare him out of his home. I'm not sure whether the Catholic Church or the Scientologists are the safer bet. Clearly he is being accosted by an evil Vulcan spirit trying to scare him out of his home. I'm not sure whether the Catholic Church or the Scientologists are the safer bet.

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