~Acme Labs
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"Arrr! I'm not doin' it, matey!" growled Barnacle as he stared at the purple bow. "Tis' fer the girls. Not fer the men!"
Bowtie grabbed the bow from Brain, and before Barnacle knew what was happening, the bow was on his tail.
"Arrr!!!" he roared.
Bowtie slid it so the bow was under his tail, and only a thin strip of muddy purple remained in view.
Barnacle eyed it. "Fine, matey," he said "But no more should be showin'."
Heart Throb was also refusing hers.
"It's not my color!" she said sniffily.
Peachy, who was used to this kind of thing, dipped the bow quickly in the rest of the blue dye, and rung it out just as fast. It made a tye-dye pinky- purple color.
Heart Throb was pleased, and agreed to wear it around her tail.
Wind Whistler was engaged in a scientific conversation with Brain, who was in shock. He had thought all ponies incapable of intelligence such as hers.
Also, she was smarter than him.
"Oh, no no! The number 23 cannot be mixed with 42 when doing an equasion of this sort!" she said, grabbing some chalk in her hoof.
Brain stared.
"How did you do that?" he asked. "You don't have fingers."
"Magic," said Wind Whistler.
"But I got rid of all the magic!" said Brain. Wind Whistler shook her head. "But this magic is embedded in us too deep. It can't be drained."
She then commenced a stream of scientific words that would shock Einstein.
Brain quizzed her.
"What's the Asthenosphere?" he asked.
"From the Greek: asthénos: weak. The internal layer of the Earth below the lithosphere, which is weak and in which isostatic adjustments take place, magmas may be generated, and seismic waves are strongly attenuated. It is a part of the upper mantle. Under the continents, the asthenosphere is at 200 km depth. It is less deep under the oceans." answered Wind Whistler "Ask something harder."
"What is Geochemistry?"
"The study of the distribution and amounts of the chemical elements in minerals, ores, rocks, soils, water, and the atmosphere, and the study of the circulation of the elements in nature, on the basis of the properties of their atoms and ions A major concern of geochemistry is the synoptic evaluation of the abundances of the elements in the Earth's crust and in major classes of rocks and minerals."
Brain was starting to feel scared.
Wind Whistler in turn, quizzed him.
"What are Hydrothermal vents?"
Brain was shocked to find he didn't know.
"Uhhh..."
"Hydrothermal vents are mineral deposits formed by the precipitation of chemical elements contained in hot fluids emerging from the ocean seafloor. Hydrothermal solutions show temperature varying between 20°C and 400°C and are enriched with various chemical compounds such as Fe, Pb, Mn, Hg, Cd, Zn, H2S, etc. The large sulfide structures arising from the precipitation of minerals are colonized by luxuriant faunal communities that are strictly related to this environment." she answered.
Brain almost fainted.
"I knew that," he said "I just forgot."
Wind Whistler continued to change his calculations to the correct form.
Peachy was recurling Heart Throb's hair.
Fizzy was watching TV with Bowtie.
Gusty was trying to look bored, but not succeeding, and finally joined Fizzy and Bowtie in watching Bugs Bunny.
Barnacle was reading a book. Or trying too. Actually, he couldn't read, and was looking at the pictures.
Shady was watching nervously out the window for Earth monsters. She shrieked and ducked every time a car, truck, or bicycle went by.
Brain finally stopped Wind Whistler. He stood on a tall bookshelf.
"Ponies!" he said "I suggest you sleep, for you will have to get up early tomorrow in order to avoid the scientists."
They nodded, but didn't move.
"Now," he said to Wind Whistler, "You may be an expert in geology, but do you know what Isotope means?"
"One of two or more species of the same chemical element, i.e. having the same number of protons in the nucleus, but differing from one another by having a different number of neutrons. The isotopes of an element have slightly different physical and chemical properties, owing to their mass differences by which they can be separated."
"Darn."
"Arrr! I'm not doin' it, matey!" growled Barnacle as he stared at the purple bow. "Tis' fer the girls. Not fer the men!"
Bowtie grabbed the bow from Brain, and before Barnacle knew what was happening, the bow was on his tail.
"Arrr!!!" he roared.
Bowtie slid it so the bow was under his tail, and only a thin strip of muddy purple remained in view.
Barnacle eyed it. "Fine, matey," he said "But no more should be showin'."
Heart Throb was also refusing hers.
"It's not my color!" she said sniffily.
Peachy, who was used to this kind of thing, dipped the bow quickly in the rest of the blue dye, and rung it out just as fast. It made a tye-dye pinky- purple color.
Heart Throb was pleased, and agreed to wear it around her tail.
Wind Whistler was engaged in a scientific conversation with Brain, who was in shock. He had thought all ponies incapable of intelligence such as hers.
Also, she was smarter than him.
"Oh, no no! The number 23 cannot be mixed with 42 when doing an equasion of this sort!" she said, grabbing some chalk in her hoof.
Brain stared.
"How did you do that?" he asked. "You don't have fingers."
"Magic," said Wind Whistler.
"But I got rid of all the magic!" said Brain. Wind Whistler shook her head. "But this magic is embedded in us too deep. It can't be drained."
She then commenced a stream of scientific words that would shock Einstein.
Brain quizzed her.
"What's the Asthenosphere?" he asked.
"From the Greek: asthénos: weak. The internal layer of the Earth below the lithosphere, which is weak and in which isostatic adjustments take place, magmas may be generated, and seismic waves are strongly attenuated. It is a part of the upper mantle. Under the continents, the asthenosphere is at 200 km depth. It is less deep under the oceans." answered Wind Whistler "Ask something harder."
"What is Geochemistry?"
"The study of the distribution and amounts of the chemical elements in minerals, ores, rocks, soils, water, and the atmosphere, and the study of the circulation of the elements in nature, on the basis of the properties of their atoms and ions A major concern of geochemistry is the synoptic evaluation of the abundances of the elements in the Earth's crust and in major classes of rocks and minerals."
Brain was starting to feel scared.
Wind Whistler in turn, quizzed him.
"What are Hydrothermal vents?"
Brain was shocked to find he didn't know.
"Uhhh..."
"Hydrothermal vents are mineral deposits formed by the precipitation of chemical elements contained in hot fluids emerging from the ocean seafloor. Hydrothermal solutions show temperature varying between 20°C and 400°C and are enriched with various chemical compounds such as Fe, Pb, Mn, Hg, Cd, Zn, H2S, etc. The large sulfide structures arising from the precipitation of minerals are colonized by luxuriant faunal communities that are strictly related to this environment." she answered.
Brain almost fainted.
"I knew that," he said "I just forgot."
Wind Whistler continued to change his calculations to the correct form.
Peachy was recurling Heart Throb's hair.
Fizzy was watching TV with Bowtie.
Gusty was trying to look bored, but not succeeding, and finally joined Fizzy and Bowtie in watching Bugs Bunny.
Barnacle was reading a book. Or trying too. Actually, he couldn't read, and was looking at the pictures.
Shady was watching nervously out the window for Earth monsters. She shrieked and ducked every time a car, truck, or bicycle went by.
Brain finally stopped Wind Whistler. He stood on a tall bookshelf.
"Ponies!" he said "I suggest you sleep, for you will have to get up early tomorrow in order to avoid the scientists."
They nodded, but didn't move.
"Now," he said to Wind Whistler, "You may be an expert in geology, but do you know what Isotope means?"
"One of two or more species of the same chemical element, i.e. having the same number of protons in the nucleus, but differing from one another by having a different number of neutrons. The isotopes of an element have slightly different physical and chemical properties, owing to their mass differences by which they can be separated."
"Darn."