Has anyone ever heard of these? It's these teardrop or sperm-shaped bits of tempered molten glass that explode when you snap off their tails, though apparently you can hit the bulbous end with a hammer and they won't break.

Here's a video:

http://www.museumofglass....mo_bb.html

very cool... and also very pointless.

but very interesting

Freaky...

I think you just wanted to start a thread that had the word "sperm" in it.

bkw said:

bkw said:

exploding sperm...

bkw said:

Speaking of hitting bulbous heads with hammers...

2the9s said:

bkw said:

bkw said:

Reminds me of the first date I ever went on...

Byron said:

You dated a granny?

bkw said:

"Tried to" is more like it, as you can see...

Byron said:

You might have tried to go easy on the whole "strangling" thing.

bkw said:

...You might have a point there...

how did you come across this information?

JasmineFire said:

They are mentioned in a book I'm reading, Oscar and Lucinda.

The description seemed so strange I thought they were made up.

But I went a'Googlin' and sure enough they are real.

2the9s said:

hmm...how's the book?

JasmineFire said:

I'm here, aren't I?



Actually it's very good.

Hi Big Daddy!

bluesbaby said:

Hi aunt bluesy!!

2the9s said:

cool.

2the9s said:

aunt

you've been at the Gripe Water, I can tell.

LleeLlee said:

him, or me?

bluesbaby said:

him, he's probably drinking it in a feeding bottle too.

LleeLlee said:

figures he would figure out a way to use a nipple

LleeLlee said:

what's gripe water?

bluesbaby said:

Jasmine, it's a liquid used to settle a babies stomach from wind etc and contains alcohol.

very cool video.


ok 2the9s, you've made your org contribution for the week. go change a diaper.