# Reversing the Polarity **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345 "2002-08-11T01:48:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/41 "2002-08-13T17:15:02Z")
I reversed the polarity on a whole bunch of palindromes but nothing happened. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/42 "2002-08-13T17:54:29Z")
> [@](#): > > I reversed the polarity on my desk lamp by pulling out the plug and putting the plug back in upside-down. > > Now the light bulb emits ANTI-photons! **Enola** , let me tell you, that’s the funniest thing I’ve read in at least a week. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/43 "2002-08-13T20:00:43Z")
Hey! Sombody actually GOT IT!!! Thanks, Chronos!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/44 "2002-08-13T20:20:05Z")
I reversed the polarity on a voting machine and Al Gore is now President. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/45 "2002-08-13T20:52:36Z")
I reversed the polarity on a bottle of whisky, and it turned into sugar-free Kool-Aid. I’m now frantically trying to unreverse it! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/46 "2002-08-13T21:08:56Z")
While reading the comics I reversed the polarity on The Family Circus. Now it is The Manson Family Circus. Billy and Dolly STOP THAT NOW! ---
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/47 "2002-08-13T22:10:32Z")
The climax of the movie “Journey to the Far Side of the Sun” (aka “Doppelganger”) involves a dilema regarding a possible polarity reversal. It weakens the scene considerably when you realize that there are at least two ways the possible problem could have been avoided. It’s still an interesting movie, however. IIRC, the futuristic cars in the movie look a lot like mini-vans, which would not be invented until many years after the movie was made. ---
**Author:** ![hammerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hammerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammerbach)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/48 "2002-08-14T05:33:14Z")
Polarity reversal we’ll never see: the Energizer Bunny. He just keeps coming, and coming, and coming… ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/49 "2002-08-14T12:22:57Z")
Um, eww, hammerbach! Clever, though. I reversed the polarity of my job, and found I was suddenly doing satisfying and valuable work in an exciting, stimulating environment. My cow-orkers had become co-workers. And I had a window. It was such a shock that I had to reverse it back again. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/50 "2002-08-14T12:51:30Z")
I heard someone reversed the polarity of JDT and got a _mohel_. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/51 "2002-08-14T14:16:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Now the light bulb emits ANTI-photons! If you crash photons and antiphotons together, do you get a big burst of… matter? 🙂 I reversed the polarity of my answering machine and now it calls telemarketers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aquarius\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@Aquarius\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquarius_guy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/52 "2002-08-14T15:37:30Z")
quick car fact: By reversing the polarity of my '92 G20 Infinity my car now works perfectly(except for the lighter, that worked before and now freezes my cellphone adapter) ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/53 "2002-08-14T18:54:04Z")
I reversed the polarity on my toaster. Now it makes bread into dough. I also found the secret “Reverse Polarity” setting on my PC. Now Bill Gates sends **me** money! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/54 "2002-08-14T19:19:04Z")
> [@](#): > > If you crash photons and antiphotons together, do you get a big burst of… matter? Yes, actually, if they’re high enough energy. It’s called “pair production”. For those who don’t get the joke, by the way, the photon is its own antiparticle. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/55 "2002-08-14T22:06:03Z")
I reversed the polarity of my electric shaver. ZZ Top eat your heart out! ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/56 "2002-08-14T23:23:11Z")
[hijack] Ok, anyone familiar with blue-collar factory work environments knows about sending the new guy around the worksite to retrieve a nonexistant tool. Usually it’s a “skyhook”. Well , back when I worked at a plant, they sent this poor sap down to my area looking for a “bucket of polarity”. I somehow managed to keep a straight face. When I couldn’t find a suitable bucket to fill with “polarity”, I settled on a large piece of iron we used as a pry bar to rip open crates. We had painted it neon yellow, so as not to misplace it. I walked up to the guy & apologized for not having any liquid polarity, but would a stick of it do? He happily accepted the crowbar and trotted back up to his work area. The guy never lived it down. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/57 "2002-08-15T00:04:50Z")
I reversed the polarity on a this post and it was scientifically valid. I reversed the POLEarity in europe, and Germany and Russia got invaded. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345/58 "2002-08-17T18:33:35Z")
You guys are great. This was exactly what I needed. You have eased my heart and mind and tickled my funny bone. I’ll never look at the energizer bunny that same way again. And Shade had the executive summary for the thread. Wonderful. Now I need to have a reverse the polarity movie night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reversing-the-polarity/123345.md?page=2)