popcorn

so yesterday at work we were talking about nothing and ignoring customers when we started talking about popcorn... does it weigh less after it is popped? we weighed it and we found that yes it was lighter... so why does a 50 pound bag pf seed weigh more than the yeild of popped corn? or are we crazy and it weights the same before and after? fickle around in your brains my geek loves! I need to know! :-D

Some of the mass is lost as steam.

exactly. the thing that makes it pop is that there's water inside. You heat it up, the water expands, "pop", and escapes as steam.

And I thought this thread was about the song. :o

frikkin earworm.

Something I never would have known
Not knowing knowledge never enobles
All her ideas were like smoke rings, I had to know things
She was a tangle of questions
How many eggs make up a pound?
How many ears of corn in the niblets?
(Indeed, this thread could have easily fit into that verse)

FRUVOUS CONTENT!

it's in mine too!

is yours in "boop boop boop boop boop boop boop"

I have to dig out my 45 now!

GRRRR!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I'm curious... what song? The "boops" (to me anyway) mean that it's a reference to POP-CORN, the old Pac-Bell time and temp number. Is that true? Where can I find this 45?