Going back to the article aboout U V rays penetrating car glass, our desert driving, southern friend with the ’ real ’ tan says that the New Yorker’s quote " insist that absolutely no U V rays can pass through the plain clear glass of a car window ", something that Cecil refutes in the " endeavor to learn ".
Then our southern friend attributes them as saying that " sunlamps either don’t give off U V rays or the bulb is not glass ". We are however informed by Cecil that sun lamps do give off U V rays through a bulb made of ‘special’ glass.
I think that Alice won the bet and deserves her free lunch.
Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, Sonofagun, we’re glad to have you with us.
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No biggie, you’ll know for next time.
And, by the way, that was a “classic” from 1983, so if Alice hasn’t collected by now, I think it’s pretty much antiquated.
Again, welcome!
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I came here to say the same thing. That Cecil guy was being awfully dickish, considering Alice was mostly right.