(The Top 5 Science humor list for 8 August 2017)

The Top 10 Ways to Slow Electrons in Fusion Reactions

Larry Baum
Top 5 Science
Published in
2 min readAug 8, 2017

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(see https://yhoo.it/2vIKa4c)

10) Feed them a BIG meal.

9) Attach each to a buckyball and chain.

8) Red & blue flashing lights

7) With a good old fashioned game of red light/green light

6) All you need is just one positive influence on them to tell them to slow down.

5) Molasses

4) Pay them by the hour.

3) Hire a surprisingly smart clown to create a Bozo-Einstein condensate to coalesce the electrons into a unicycle quantum mechanical entity.

2) Station some scantily clad protons along the route.

1) Teeny tiny speed bumps

Selected from 26 submissions from 9 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

1: Mark Weiss, Austin, TX
1: Paul Wiley, Westtown, NY
1: Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH
2: Mark Weiss, Austin, TX
2: Peter Casper, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
3: Roy Skogstrom, Pepeekeo, HI
4: Paul Wiley, Westtown, NY
5: Paul Wiley, Westtown, NY
5: Roy Skogstrom, Pepeekeo, HI
6: Marissa Van Opens, Madison, WI
7: Marissa Van Opens, Madison, WI
8: Peter Casper, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
9: Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH
10: Paul Van Opens, Ellicott City, MD
Topic: Pete Van Opens, Oconomowoc, WI
List Moderator: Larry Baum, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Copyright 2017 by Larry Baum

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