# Liquid light!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-light/117490>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 5, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-light/117490 "2002-07-05T14:44:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-light/117490/1 "2002-07-05T14:44:26Z")

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[http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992497](http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992497)

“Light can be turned into a glowing stream of liquid that splits into droplets and splatters off surfaces just like water.”

Well, maybe. Sounds like they haven’t done it yet, and some doubt it can be done. But won’t it be neat if they do it!

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-light/117490/2 "2002-07-06T11:45:07Z")

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Eh, they’ve been making light beer for years. And I can vouch that it “splits into droplets and splatters off surfaces just like water.” No big news here. Move along.

😃

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**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-light/117490/3 "2002-07-06T17:47:32Z")

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They already make liquid light.  
It’s called Boddington’s, and I must go crack one open now.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-light/117490/4 "2002-07-06T17:58:45Z")

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Smartasses.

But you got me thinking, what if you drank liquid light (the photon kind, boozehound!)? Would you start to glow? Would your pee glow?

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-light/117490/5 "2002-07-07T09:11:47Z")

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> [@](#):
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> _Originally posted by Revtim_  
> **Would your pee glow?**

I think puking it back up would look cooler. 🙂  
Alright, I’ll let _you_ be the subject of this experiment:

1. Open mouth.

2. Insert flashlight (shiny part towards you).

3. Turn switch on.

4. Turn external lights off.

5. Begin urinating.

6. Have impartial observer note luminosity of stream.

Repeat experiment starting at step 4 as a control.

Post results in this thread.

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-light/117490/6 "2002-07-07T09:15:44Z")

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[Here](http://www.ozcraft.com/cgibin/picview.cgi?big_trouble/100watt_smile.jpg) is what throwing up after imbibing from a bottle of liquid light looks like.