Cornflour and water does that in the right proportions..

Mix it correctly and pour it out on a surface and you can move it round with your finger, but if you bang it with a hammer, instead of splashing all over the place, it hardens and compacts without splashing around.

^^^ Courtesy: "Why Don't You Go Out And Do Something Less Boring Instead" BBC1 circa 1987

Posted By: Arizona Bay on March 3rd 2009 at 10:35:12

Message Thread

Now this is the sort of thing that pens are for (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 3, 10:27:07
- "will soon be fitted onto the inside of soldiers helmets" (General Chat) - shoddy, Mar 3, 11:18:32
- I think they used my sons hair in the experiment. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Mar 3, 10:40:02
- Custard does the same thing (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 3, 10:36:00
  - You mean like this? (General Chat) - conker, Mar 3, 10:40:45
    - yes, exactly like that (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 3, 10:46:30
- Cornflour and water does that in the right proportions.. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 3, 10:35:12
  - *Pedant Alert* (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Mar 3, 10:51:18
    - Fair dos. I'll hold my hand up to that one. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 3, 10:53:56
      - Yup and had I not googledededed it, I'd have got it wrong too! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Mar 3, 10:56:02
- I did some work for Qinetiq once (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 3, 10:34:10
  - The military get all the best pens. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 3, 10:38:33
    - they had goats in submarines too (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 3, 10:41:36

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.