In my last post, agonized over the guilt of not telling off an emailer who sent me slimey political falsehoods. Still agonizing. As I told TAB in response to his comment, by default, am doing nothing by putting off responding.
He did send me one that tickled my chemistry teacher's funny bone. Always like getting my funny bone tickled. At my age, that is a big whoop.
Governmentium
Research has led to the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neuron, 25 assistant neurons, 88 deputy neurons, and 198 assistant deputy neurons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected, because it impedes every action with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second to take from four days to four years to complete.
Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2-6 years; it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neurons and deputy neurons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium' s mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neurons, forming isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass. When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.
Just as predicted by Peter Principle and one I heard before and that I thought was called Peterson's Hypothesis but could not find. Let's call is Sinann's Antiprinciple. It says that any governmental office or organization will expand, require funding, and occupy office space to the point at which it becomes completely bloated and inefficient. At that point it divides and spawns multiple copies.
