{"id":393,"date":"2008-09-30T21:58:32","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T21:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2008\/09\/30\/on_the_really_important_unanswered_questions_of_our_time\/"},"modified":"2008-09-30T21:58:32","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T21:58:32","slug":"on_the_really_important_unanswered_questions_of_our_time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2008\/09\/30\/on_the_really_important_unanswered_questions_of_our_time\/","title":{"rendered":"On the really important unanswered questions of our time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As any dad will tell you, it&#8217;s just about impossible to find adhesive that sticks glass to glass, or indeed glass to <em>anything<\/em>. This is important because small (and not so small) children invariably break small, inexpensive but emotionally attached toys and ornaments. Not to mention it&#8217;s a pain when your mother-in-law buys you a lovely set of martini glasses and then snaps the stem off one of them.<\/p>\n<p>\nGlass glue. It&#8217;s not in B&amp;Q, it&#8217;s not in Homebase; essentially it&#8217;s <em>nowhere<\/em> outside of arcane and impenetrable trade stores where you have to negiotiate with fourth level trolls to even get in the door.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd even then you need ultraviolet light to cure it.<\/p>\n<p>\nSo why is it that sticky chicken wing leftovers adhere to glass baking dishes with all single-minded purpose and tenacity of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solstation.com\/x-objects\/greatatt.htm\">Great Attractor<\/a>? <\/p>\n<p>\nAfter a week of scrubbing with water and wash-up liquid and oven-cleaner I&#8217;m still left with this:<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.usyd.edu.au\/labrats\/nature\/ew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The Great Attractor, Tuesday<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nIf I could work out what makes that particular mix of char siu sauce stick to glass like a love-sick terrier to a trouser leg, and package it in a handy tube, I&#8217;d make a fortune from grateful dads everywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As any dad will tell you, it&#8217;s just about impossible to find adhesive that sticks glass to glass, or indeed glass to anything. This is important because small (and not so small) children invariably break small, inexpensive but emotionally attached &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2008\/09\/30\/on_the_really_important_unanswered_questions_of_our_time\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}