Comments on: Why ice is slippery and other personal encounters with relativity http://grendelskitchen.com/2006/02/24/why-is-ice-slippery/ where we eat nothing with feet Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:38:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Remedial TV at Grendel’s Kitchen http://grendelskitchen.com/2006/02/24/why-is-ice-slippery/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Remedial TV at Grendel’s Kitchen Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:15:57 +0000 http://grendelskitchen.com/2006/02/24/why-is-ice-slippery/#comment-166 [...] Cosmeo TV: this is for “the math guy” who scored lower than me on that quiz. Stop looking around Schnat, you know who I mean. [...] [...] Cosmeo TV: this is for “the math guy” who scored lower than me on that quiz. Stop looking around Schnat, you know who I mean. [...]

]]> By: Grendel http://grendelskitchen.com/2006/02/24/why-is-ice-slippery/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Grendel Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:26:32 +0000 http://grendelskitchen.com/2006/02/24/why-is-ice-slippery/#comment-156 Mr. Softy, you've always been so intuitive and empathetic (empathic? or is that too Star Trek?), but who would have known you'd infiltrate the deep longings of the elements? Says something dire about my cooking skills that I didn't even know Teflon was slippery. Dougie, it's snowing again!!! Make it stop. Mr. Softy, you’ve always been so intuitive and empathetic (empathic? or is that too Star Trek?), but who would have known you’d infiltrate the deep longings of the elements?

Says something dire about my cooking skills that I didn’t even know Teflon was slippery. Dougie, it’s snowing again!!! Make it stop.

]]> By: Mr Softy http://grendelskitchen.com/2006/02/24/why-is-ice-slippery/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Mr Softy Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:41:51 +0000 http://grendelskitchen.com/2006/02/24/why-is-ice-slippery/#comment-155 I think H20 wants to be wet. I think ice wants to melt. I have no rationale explanation for this intuition other than observation. If ice were really really cold, it would still be slippery. It is the 'buddha nature' of ice. And water is always slippery, but that's another topic. Why is teflon (tm) slippery? Hmmmm.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teflon I think H20 wants to be wet. I think ice wants to melt. I have no rationale explanation for this intuition other than observation. If ice were really really cold, it would still be slippery. It is the ‘buddha nature’ of ice. And water is always slippery, but that’s another topic. Why is teflon ™ slippery? Hmmmm….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teflon

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