# 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:** 53
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1041 "2024-03-07T02:06:21Z")
> [@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)??? The corn cob is a heat sink! And it connects to the stem and then the leaves, which are radiators! And the reason plants store and move water is for use as a cooling fluid. ---
**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, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1042 "2024-03-07T02:08:54Z")
Water??? Don’t you mean cerebrospinalseminal fluid? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1043 "2024-03-07T02:10:36Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Noooooo…once again, the germ is buried deep in the kernel, not deep in the cob. Ah, but the central core of the cob undergoes an exothermic fission reaction. Here is a diagram: [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.pHyrU73e7w7fbo3aupm5?dpr=2.6&pid=ImgDetMain) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.pHyrU73e7w7fbo3aupm5?dpr=2.6&pid=ImgDetMain) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1044 "2024-03-07T02:49:47Z")
This thread has some real comedy that has me actually out loud LOLing. I’m hoping I see some serious effort by the pittee on reporting their research into planting of pre-boiled corn with control sets of planted Corn-nuts, candy corn, and popped popcorn. SCIENCE!!! Narrator - The end result for all was the same: Jack and Shit. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1045 "2024-03-07T03:38:14Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > > [@RickJay](#): > > > > What I don’t understand is why people just up and switched what they called it. > > I guess they just liked it better that way ISWYDT. We’ll be waiting in Isbanbul. ---
**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, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1046 "2024-03-07T04:41:37Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Ah, but the central core of the cob undergoes an exothermic fission reaction. As Homer Simpson once noted: “Lisa, in this house, we obey the Laws of Thermodynamics!” ---
**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 7, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1047 "2024-03-07T15:36:17Z")
I have to ask, what is the origin of that picture? ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1048 "2024-03-07T15:40:39Z")
I have to assume some friendly AI’s, er, head? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1049 "2024-03-07T16:01:30Z")
Yes, it’s AI. You can tell by the garbled text. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1050 "2024-03-07T16:19:55Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I have to ask, what is the origin of that picture? Indeed, it was AI generated. Here is the prompt: _scientific diagram showing the interior of corn kernels and cobs which explains how the cob is a heat sink and leaves are radiators for use in thermal regulation_ I got 4 results, the one I posted was my favorite but here are the others: [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.0xQSAab2NQeIE1jm0kK0?dpr=2.6&pid=ImgDetMain) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.0xQSAab2NQeIE1jm0kK0?dpr=2.6&pid=ImgDetMain) [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.U91FyvmGGvfGGasTZzUo?dpr=2.6&pid=ImgDetMain) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.U91FyvmGGvfGGasTZzUo?dpr=2.6&pid=ImgDetMain) [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.7yb_CnSU.68FoUVitAaz?dpr=2.6&pid=ImgDetMain) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG4.7yb_CnSU.68FoUVitAaz?dpr=2.6&pid=ImgDetMain) The first one out of these three is growing on me. It looks like a spaceship! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1051 "2024-03-07T17:41:50Z")
That one has some my new favourite nonsense words! **HBDC** talks total _crarnabonts_! He’s such a _tenek_. A total _sctint_. Some of the ones in the second aren’t bad either - What a _colb_ he is! He’s completely _coneticed_. Really fucked in the _monole_. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1052 "2024-03-07T18:10:00Z")
_Retioral of Seair_ is my favorite. It sounds like an alchemical reagent or something. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1053 "2024-03-07T18:10:32Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > He’s such a _tenek_. A “tenek” obviously is the shadow of a corn spaceship. ---
**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 7, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1054 "2024-03-07T19:52:19Z")
Tenek, when the walls fell. ---
**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, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1055 "2024-03-07T19:55:00Z")
Crarnabonts, stuck at the back of your throat. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1056 "2024-03-07T20:19:23Z")
“AI, please draw me a heatsink.” AI: Here is a “he a-stink”. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1057 "2024-03-07T23:42:28Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > The first one out of these three is growing on me. It looks like a spaceship! On the Starship Enterprise from _Star Trek_, I thought the “NCC” from “NCC-1701” stood for “Naval Construction Contract”. But now I realize it must stand for “Not Corn on the Cob”, to distinguish it from all the other corn-based spacecraft in Star Fleet. ---
**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 8, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1058 "2024-03-08T00:20:30Z")
Could corn cobs be used in a fusion reactor to create electricity? I mean, it’s possible, right? I think the more people that tell me that this is a stupid idea will make me more determined that it’s correct. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1059 "2024-03-08T00:22:52Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Could corn cobs be used in a fusion reactor to create electricity? Well, it depends on whether the kernels are still on the cob, right? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183/1060 "2024-03-08T00:36:19Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I think the more people that tell me that this is a stupid idea will make me more determined that it’s correct. More importantly though, what do you **feel** about the science? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-honeybadger/810183.md?page=54)