# Lava Lamps

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lava-lamps/317669>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 18, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lava-lamps/317669 "2005-08-18T22:45:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lava-lamps/317669/21 "2005-08-24T19:00:20Z")

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Yeah, thanks. I know the difference between lava and magma. But I was obviously using their similarities for a lame joke\* that ended up derailing a thread. Ain’t the Dope grand?

\*that you are continuing in the same spirit, much to my glee. 😉

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