# Pitting Honeybadger **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 7, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183 "2018-03-07T15:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 52
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1021 "2024-03-06T19:41:56Z")
Proposed experiment #2 for our intrepid questioner of common sense: Dip your testicles into boiling water. Keep them there for oh, say 10 minutes at a rolling boil. Then test to see if you can father any children. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1022 "2024-03-06T19:43:00Z")
That’s just nuts. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1023 "2024-03-06T19:52:59Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > > [@Czarcasm](#): > > > > The fact that nobody has ever planted cooked corn and gotten any results would be enough to convince 99.9999999% of the world’s population…but you be you. > > Now that has to be one of the dumbest statements I have ever heard on here. Umm, which part of what Czarcasm said is dumb? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1024 "2024-03-06T19:54:27Z")
If it’s cooked properly, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1025 "2024-03-06T19:59:04Z")
Maybe he can try planting Corn-Nuts and/or candy corn? ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1026 "2024-03-06T20:02:25Z")
According to Google, I can’t access the current SDMB if I don’t have an internet connection. I say HBDC tests this theory for… a few weeks to a few months. No one gets hurt, and we get a respite from gross fucking stupidity for the duration. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1027 "2024-03-06T20:05:40Z")
I just want to know why Thermos never considered putting the insulation on the inside of the thermos? > [@About seeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-seeds/998545/13): > > The Cob would make a great insulator. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1028 "2024-03-06T20:14:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Maybe he can try planting Corn-Nuts and/or candy corn? I’ve heard that if you stuff corn-nuts into your scrotum, you’ll never have to eat again, as you’ll have an endless supply of corn! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1029 "2024-03-06T20:20:33Z")
Even better, you’ll teach your DNA about corn, so your kids will _also_ have an endless supply! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1030 "2024-03-06T20:22:30Z")
But, the roots of the corn must have access to your spinal fluid! See Honeybadger, I’m learnins science from YOU! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1031 "2024-03-06T22:10:47Z")
HBDC’s vision of biology would make a pretty interesting A24 horror movie. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1032 "2024-03-06T22:18:30Z")
Well given that at least 1-2% or so of the population is under the age of two and has no idea what either corn is or what boiling means, they are probably not convinced. If you also exclude those suffering from severe retardation or brain injury, those living per-agrarian tribes in the Amazon, and HoneyBadger himself, you might as much as 5% who have yet to be convinced if not more. Actually “will corn seeds grow after they’ve been boiled?” could make a good first grade science project along side such insightful observations as, “adding water to a glass makes its pitch go higher”, and “yellow + blue food coloring makes green”. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1033 "2024-03-06T22:45:11Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > If you also exclude those suffering from severe retardation or brain injury, Speaking of, it doesn’t take especially high temperatures for many proteins to start denaturing. The won’t necessarily melt but they won’t “work” right , either. And you don’t need to get close to boiling for that to happen. When the clear bits of an egg go white when you cook them, that’s what happens - the protein is still there but ain’t no chicken going to ever come from that egg. That’s one reason high fevers can be dangerous - important bits of our anatomy start failing at temperatures much, much lower than boiling, and brain damage can be a real risk. For similar reasons, our testes are located as they are for temperature regulation. Even setting corn kernels at 150F for long enough would, I suspect, be sufficient to kill off any would-be future plants. Actual boiling is almost certainly not required. Now _that_ would be an interesting science fair question - how high a sustained water temperature (say for 10 minutes? 20 minutes?) could corn kernels survive and still produce viable plants after? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1034 "2024-03-06T23:58:42Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > That’s one reason high fevers can be dangerous - important bits of our anatomy start failing at temperatures much, much lower than boiling, and brain damage can be a real risk. This fact, along with HBDC’s hypothesis that the corn cob might help regulate temperature, suggests a rather novel treatment for flu. A _buttered_ cob is recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1035 "2024-03-07T01:09:11Z")
Given his track record, I’d guess it would be to increase the victim’s temperature to burn the virus out. And would be inadvertently correct - you no longer have to worry about the flu when you’re dead ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1036 "2024-03-07T01:16:53Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > This fact, along with HBDC’s hypothesis that the corn cob might help regulate temperature, suggests a rather novel treatment for flu. A _buttered_ cob is recommended. Ewww. Ah, but of course, it’ll give HBDC yet another datapoint for their horrific [anti-Gay BS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-gay-lifestyle/973633). No, discourse, I -do- intent to keep reminding people that HBDC is a horrible person, and not just a “dude, like, what if…” run of the mill idiot. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1037 "2024-03-07T01:20:28Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > This fact, along with HBDC’s hypothesis that the corn cob might help regulate temperature, suggests a rather novel treatment for flu. A _buttered_ cob is recommended. I never suggested it could help regulate temperature, I said it could have provided some insulation slowing down how fast it heated up. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1038 "2024-03-07T01:28:48Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I said it could have provided some insulation slowing down how fast it heated up. If you would, can you explain how the corn, which is on the outside (the side closest to the heat) can possibly be insulated by the cob, which is on the inside (the side furthest from the heat)??? I can only guess, but it’s sounding like you might be ‘’‘’‘thinking’‘’‘’ the cob provides extra thermal mass and slows down the thermal exchange . . . but it doesn’t change which fucking side is directly in contact with the boiling fucking water. The kernels will get hot before the cob ever does. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1039 "2024-03-07T01:34:37Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > If you would, can you explain how the corn, which is on the outside (the side closest to the heat) can possibly be insulated by the cob, which is on the inside (the side furthest from the heat)??? > I can only guess, but it’s sounding like you might be ‘’‘’‘thinking’‘’‘’ the cob provides extra thermal mass and slows down the thermal exchange . . . but it doesn’t change which fucking side is directly in contact with the boiling fucking water. The kernels will get hot before the cob ever does. I phrased it as a question, the germ is buried into the cob and might not have reached as high of temp, I really don’t know it was a simple suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1040 "2024-03-07T01:49:42Z")
Noooooo…once again, the germ is buried deep in the kernel, not deep in the cob. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183.md?page=53)