# inert gasses are not fun **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inert-gasses-are-not-fun/22198 "2000-06-13T03:51:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inert-gasses-are-not-fun/22198/1 "2000-06-13T03:51:09Z")
whats up with inert gasses? i mean they dont do anyhting, they dont get you high, they dont kill you, they dont explode thy dont even burn, the only cool one is helium, but that just makes your voice sound funny, ive seen potheads using it, and they think its a riot, but i mean, it needs to do somehting cool, like smell really bad like methane, or blow up likethe hindenburg, ok this post is really dumb, sorry for wastingyour time, maybe you could change it you what i like to do with not so inert gasses. like tell storys of your biggest fireball or somehting. ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inert-gasses-are-not-fun/22198/2 "2000-06-13T03:55:48Z")
Helium is fun, and would have saved the airship, if Franklin Delano had given some to Zeppelin’s company (who hated Hitler, by the way) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inert-gasses-are-not-fun/22198/3 "2000-06-13T04:17:17Z")
Recent research has shown that the Hindenburg would have gone up with helium, too. They doped it with, basically, solid rocket fuel (powdered aluminum and iron oxide). And the dope itself was (I assume) nitrocellulose dope, which becomes gun-cotton when it dries. And grounding problems turned separate sections into great big capacitors. Ground 'em, get a spark, the whole thing goes up like a bomb. They had a special about it on PBS recently. I thought that methane was odorless and they have to add stinky sulfur compounds to make it detectable. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inert-gasses-are-not-fun/22198/4 "2000-06-13T04:23:14Z")
well i dont add sulfer to my butt, and it still stinks when i blow gas out of it, cow gas stinks too ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inert-gasses-are-not-fun/22198/5 "2000-06-13T04:28:15Z")
I came in here thinking this was a fart thread, and, despite Fnord’s efforts, it’s about all that Periodic Table crap. HOWEVER, being the helpful, diversely-intelligent old coot that I am, I can name another fun inert gas: Neon. Ever been to Vegas? It’s so brightly lit that you can’t even see the stars… oh… I like stars. DAMN THAT GAS!!! ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inert-gasses-are-not-fun/22198/6 "2000-06-13T04:35:24Z")
ive finally made it, Spoofe had replyed to a post of mine actually spoofe, i was trying to get people to tell storys of fireballs, and farts, but hey you cant argue with a hindenburg discussion.(sorry my bad) its not like everyone and their uncle havent seen 20 different discovery channel specials on it. so, lets get with the best fart storys, like the time you make the 80 year old nun pass out when you ripped one in the elevator. or how you lost your eyebrows to a propane stove accident ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inert-gasses-are-not-fun/22198/7 "2000-06-13T04:38:17Z")
This was covered once before: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24878](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24878) ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inert-gasses-are-not-fun/22198/8 "2000-06-13T04:54:09Z")
how does a thread about noble gasses relate to farts and fireballs? no offense, but i just want people to yack about farts ---
**Author:** ![greygalahad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@greygalahad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greygalahad)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inert-gasses-are-not-fun/22198/9 "2000-06-13T05:02:32Z")
inert gasses = noble gasses. better go back and take another look at the old Chem text. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inert-gasses-are-not-fun/22198/10 "2000-06-13T05:26:09Z")
argh ok stop i am killing my own thread, its over