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van der wals ?

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:07 pm
by pigsteak
if I named a route "van der wals attraction", would anyone get it without looking it up? it would be a dead vert hard 12 line, if that matters.

the brainiac caribe suggested it,, and it went over my pin size brain....

just seeing what all the elites out here think...

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:22 pm
by charlie
The Victoria Secret supermodel?

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:36 pm
by JR
I don't speak spanish.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:45 pm
by krampus
hold on tight to overcome the repulsive forces, gravity should be easy though.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:50 pm
by B.J.
Geckos would understand, but not most humans.

And its van der Waals -- with 2 a's -- btw.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:17 pm
by pigsteak
thank you...bj...

more input please....do you know what it is without looking it up.?

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:41 pm
by krampus
unfortunatly. I have learned to bond with the wall

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:10 pm
by tomdarch
I think it's fine if people don't exactly know the meaning of a route name without looking it up. I knew that "van der Waals" referred to some molecular force thingy that had to do with gecko pads, but not exactly.

If anything, keep going with the theme - there must be some good physics 'jokes' to be had. Strong force/weak force? Graviton, gluon and boson particles? Spooky action at a distance? "Mu sub s" (the all important coefficient of static friction), for slabs, of course.

How many people know what Ro Sham Po means? (or that it should be "bo" for that matter?)

Obscure route names are good!

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:18 pm
by krampus
didn't know about the gecko pads, and I don't think anyone knows the forces exactly. I think the po comes from the Korean version of the game, or maybe some other Asian version, still a fun game when poker doesn't quite give the gambling fix you want. i would have never noticed the mistake though.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:17 pm
by dmw
ya'll are dorks