Subject: Something I wonder about...about cereal From: Captain Infinity Newsgroups: alt.cereal,alt.fan.tom-servo,alt.fan.cecil-adams Message-ID: <389c4a89.25987411@news-f.std.com> Why does Rice Krispies cereal go SNAP? CRACKLE? POP? ** Captain Infinity ...could it be...magic?
Subject: Re: Something I wonder about...about cereal From: Mortis Newsgroups: alt.cereal,alt.fan.tom-servo,alt.fan.cecil-adams Message-ID: <38a0602d.4185721@news.mindspring.com> I used my telepathic powers to read <389c4a89.25987411@news-f.std.com>, in which Infinity@world.com (Captain Infinity) typed: >Why does Rice Krispies cereal go SNAP? CRACKLE? POP? > >** >Captain Infinity > ...could it be...magic? Tiny sonic booms. Advanced Tech is indistinguishable from Magic and all that jazz.
Subject: Re: Something I wonder about...about cereal From: the four-armed hermaphrodite Newsgroups: alt.cereal,alt.fan.tom-servo,alt.fan.cecil-adams Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10002041902090.8574-100000@axe.humboldt.edu> Today, Captain Infinity burped at 9:54pm and out came: > Why does Rice Krispies cereal go SNAP? CRACKLE? POP? Because people would much rather eat cereal that engaged in meaningless banter (and let's face it; it's banter not conversation) than eat cereal that shouted at them, "YOU'RE A LAZY SLOB!" or "YOU'RE A DISSAPOINTMENT TO YOUR FAMILY!" or "YOU SMELL LIKE SHIT!" -The Four Armed Hermaphrodite /WWW\ YY ( ) YY \ \ __) (__ / / \ \ / \ / / \ \___/ (.) (.) \___/ / \___ _ _ _____/ / / ) ( \ \ / / I I \ \ _____/ / ( ) \ _____ =______/ / \ ______E / oo \ | /||\ | | | || | | | | | | __| | | |__ [____| |____]
Subject: Re: Something I wonder about...about cereal From: robgood Newsgroups: alt.cereal,alt.fan.tom-servo,alt.fan.cecil-adams Message-ID: <k7%m4.484$JQ.37189@monger.newsread.com> > Why does Rice Krispies cereal go SNAP? CRACKLE? POP? I think it's for about the same reason that bubbles pop -- a sudden outrush of previously-trapped air. The Krispies themselves are puffed rice, much like popcorn, an inflated skin with a hole. However, under the conditions of a cold milk bath that skin is rigid, not like a balloon. The milk has a certain surface tension such that, initially, it's not likely to enter the small hole, but merely to cover it. To the extent the Krispie is submerged, a hydrostatic (lactostatic, I guess you could say) pressure builds over the trapped air pocket, and an equal pressure exists within. At some point, some catastrophe takes place by which the milk suddenly rushes in and the air out, producing that noise. "Snap, crackle, pop" is not a bad onamatapoetic representation of those sounds. By contrast, as the bubbles in the foam of a bath prepared with Dr. Bob's break, one hears more of a fizzing sound, because the bubbles are closer to uniform than are Rice Krispies. http://www.bestweb.net/~robgood/lather.html Who the heck is Tom Servo, and why does he have fans? Can't afford A/C?
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