Marketed by a company that wants people to think hospital-acquired infections come from bedside tables.

Here's how it works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKpOKXAVjGo

At the risk of expressing a "get off my lawn" sentiment, I find it distressing that someone would prey on the goodwill of strangers for his own self-aggrandizement.

Excellent. And blogworthy. Tx.

Very interesting, especially considering that beer, unlike water, contains plenty of nutrients capable of supporting the growth of bacteria and fungi. I would be reluctant to drink beer from a public fountain.

Clever. Good find, John.

What in the world would cause this "permanently frozen" tundra to thaw and melt like this??? Any ideas, John? :.)

Nice find, John [I'll steal it...]

Kudos for writing such a comprehensive and definitive article.

Apologies in advance, but the title of this post brings out the "grammar Nazi" in me. Figurative "milestones" are based on the literal milestones situated along Roman roads. Writing in The Atlantic in 2010, Michael Kinsley noted that "hitting a milestone" is a bungled metaphor ("you don’t “hit” a milestone if you hope to reach the next one.") Milestones are passed. :.)

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/01/cut-this-story/307823/

I do wish people who do these stunts would specify for potential copycat viewers that the inhaled gas is "Heliox" - a mixture of helium and oxygen. Inhaling pure helium is dangerous and potentially lethal.

Congratulations to one of the classic quality blogs on the 'net.

Excellent find.

Not "Plutonians" - "plutocrats." They arrived here long ago and are truly from another planet.

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