A peek into my subconscious

[jedusor]

I just woke up from a dream. I'll keep it short, because other people's dreams are boring, but I think this one was kind of neat:

This guy on a cruise ship didn't know the right way to separate lithium from iron, and dalryaug tried to talk sense into him, but he just wouldn't listen. projectyl, rpipuzzleguy, and tablesaw were there too, but they didn't participate much.

Then the PIRATES showed up. Pirates who killed everyone that couldn't separate lithium from iron! The guy was thrown overboard and all was well.

There's a moral here.

(I myself have no idea how to separate lithium from iron, or whether that might be a useful skill. I really should take things like chemistry and physics at some point or another. But it was still a cool dream.)

You know, I think I just realized where the idea of the combination of lithium and iron came from: a mental typo of "lithium-ion."

Comments

[toonhead-npl.livejournal.com]

Obviously you were subconsciously taking your LiFe apart.

[androidlovesong.livejournal.com]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH wow. Best pun I've heard all week.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Okay, that one's worth a Metaquote. May I?

[toonhead-npl.livejournal.com]

go nutz!

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Done! (http://community.livejournal.com/metaquotes/6666852.html)

[projectyl.livejournal.com]

I did not participate much because I couldn't think of a polite way to say "Just wave an effing magnet around. The stuff that doesn't stick is lithium."

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

See why you shouldn't be so nice? You could have saved a man's life! ;)

So many ways

[misterajc.livejournal.com]

Yes, a magnet would work. Or you could dump it in water. The iron would sink, and the Lithium would float on the surface and probably burst into flames.

Re: So many ways

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Maybe he found that out after the pirates dumped him overboard.

[dalryaug.livejournal.com]

He should have listened to me.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

If you ever tell me I'm doing something wrong, I'll sure as hell pay attention, just in case of pirate attacks.

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

You would have enjoyed a conversation at the recent Isla Vista juggling fest in which several (apparently) sane guys explained why they'd earlier been chewing on tungsten. (Short answer: how often do you get to chew on tungsten?)

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

I wish I could have been there. What is this I hear about Vova's presidential campaign?

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

http://vova08.com/

It was mostly a show gimmick, but given Mark Bakalor's involvment, it was an extremely slickly produced show gimmick.