Eve
May 24, 2004, 7:13pm
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A departing coworker willed me her purple Lava Lamp, which is now plugged in and blooping away at my desk, holding me transfixed, as any bright shiny object does.
What is Lava Lamp goop? Is it oil and water, not mixing? Is it suspended in plain water, or is something added to that as well?
Q.E.D
May 24, 2004, 7:20pm
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For shame, Eve , not checking with Cecil first!
The principles of Lava Lite operation are simple. The “lava” is basically a specially compounded wax. When heated from below by a 40-watt bulb, it expands until it becomes less dense than the liquid above, causing it to rise. When it gets to the top of the globe, the wax cools and starts to sink again, and the cycle repeats. Convection currents in the liquid presumably add to the effect.
Eve:
What is Lava Lamp goop?
It is the sperm from a One Horned One Eyed Flying Purple People Eater.
Collecting it is not a job that is high on my list of what I want to do when I grow up.
According to the official Lava Lamp web site , “a little of this and a little of that.”
The HowStuffWorks web site , has a bit more information.
Eve
May 24, 2004, 7:40pm
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Thanks all—especially Cecil! I love the name “Craven Walker”—can’t you just see him, skulking around, peering out from behind the lapels of his trench coat?
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Craven is a likely a family name used as a first name. My own last name is evidently derived from the same family name, and it is the name of a district in North Yorkshire . There is also a village in South Shropshire named Craven Arms . Finally, Craven Cottage is the stadium of the Fulham football club (soccer team) in London.
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Rico
May 24, 2004, 11:23pm
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Ooooh Wook! A Wava Wamp!
(just in case you were going through Pwincess Pwecious withdrawals…You can thank me later.)