RS>> BTW, just my opinion, based on Marion Berry, (who isn't the same
 RS>> ditwit former mayor of Washington DC, BTW,) and his constituency, and
 RS>> record, I'd say Vern has the "snowball's chance in
hell" of actually
 RS>> winning.
 
 RH> According to many of your friends, there is no Hell.  Hence he
 RH> at least has a reasonable chance.

 ML> one might wonder about that... to which, i offer up the following ;-)
 
 > The Thermodynamics of Hell
 > --------------------------
 > The following is [an actual, I am told, but I don't believe
 > it] question given on a University of Washington Chemistry
 > midterm. The answer by one student was so "profound" that
 > the professor shared it with colleagues via the Internet,
 > which is of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying
 > it as well.
 
 > Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or
 > endothermic (absorbs heat)? 
 
While the alleged student's response is clever it's certain this 
question was *never* actually given -- at least not as shown 
above.  How do I know this?  Because *no* chemistry test would 
*ever* explain what "exothermic" and "endothermic" mean.  
Students would be expected to know that.  A test might *ask* what 
those terms mean, of course.

Naturally it can be pointed out that there are exceptions to 
everything, which I can't dispute, however the odds are very 
strongly in my favor here.

Nevertheless the "student's answer" is a good one ...

... "You're fooling yourself.  We're living in a dictatorship," ÄÄ Python

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