# Uh-oh... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh/425701 "2007-11-08T20:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh/425701/21 "2007-11-09T14:59:08Z")
I’m a dipstick! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh/425701/22 "2007-11-09T15:43:45Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] I’m a dipstick! [/QUOTE] You’re a wiener. Can’t they do an infrared or sonar survey or something to check the levels? Wouldn’t that give them some idea? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh/425701/23 "2007-11-09T15:50:05Z")
[QUOTE=Encinitas] They would need a really long dipstick. [/QUOTE] > [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > I’m a dipstick! ‘Man, that magma is really hot!’ ‘Yeah, and deep!’ ‘I’m touching bottom.’ ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh/425701/24 "2007-11-09T16:23:47Z")
Just don’t be touching my bottom with your wiener! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh/425701/25 "2007-11-09T18:16:57Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Could they drill down and check the magma level in the chamber? [/QUOTE] Lately, I’ve started to wonder if they couldn’t make several bore holes and relieve the pressure that way—sorta like popping the Earth’s pimple, you know? But I expect there’s a really good reason that can’t be done. Who’s our vulcanologist, again? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh/425701/26 "2007-11-09T18:42:53Z")
It would seem that, if there’s any kind of pressure in that thing at all, you’d create a lava geyser which would flow for…er…for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh/425701/27 "2007-11-09T18:49:05Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] It would seem that, if there’s any kind of pressure in that thing at all, you’d create a lava geyser which would flow for…er…for a long time. [/QUOTE] Well, yes, and that is a problem. Although it would probably still be better than a full-pressure eruption, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh/425701/28 "2007-11-09T18:51:13Z")
Old & busted: Panning for gold. New hotness: Trepanning for lava. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh/425701/29 "2007-11-09T20:32:27Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Woodhouse] But if it does blow, it will go off at 2:40pm and 2:40am. [/QUOTE] Plus or minus three hours – “We only predict, we don’t schedule!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh/425701.md?page=1)