Exothermic or Endothermic?

The following is reputed to be an actual question given on a University of Arizona chemistry mid-term, and an actual answer turned in by a student. 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…

At the Cemetery…..

On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old, pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing them. ‘One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me,’ said…