funny for anyone who remembers any o.chem

[kilroi]

On the plane on the way home, I was reading through the SkyMall "please buy expensive things?" magazine, and I noted with great bafflement/amusement something that professed to be made up of "100% olefin".

Weekend was exceedingly pleasant.

Comments

[roboducky]

"remember, an olefin never forgets!"

-t. swager, 5.12

(followed by many other terrible olefin puns)

[kmai]

What is olefin? is it awesome?

[kilroi]

An olefin is , in essence, just a double bond. There is also a general class of stuff called "olefin fibers", namely, polymers made from simple olefins. But just saying it's made out of "olefin" is kind of overly vague.

[methylethyldeth]

Hahahaha!

That advertiser must have been desperate for an angle to sell that product. Hey, at least it is a "totally organic" product. :p

[indiwent]

Heh. "We're not telling whether we polymerized the ethylene, or the propylene, or something else, but we assure you: it isn't nylon or polyurethane!"

[ironrat]

Since I don't get o.chem jokes, and your post reminded me of this.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/09/26