[CH] FW: The Scientific Method

Marc Norman (Marc.Norman@mq.edu.au)
Wed, 9 Sep 1998 18:07:12 +0900 

Extract from:  http://www.twinkiesproject.com/

Every winter we take a bunch of our church youth group kids to Death Valley
for a three-day
       retreat. On one particular trip, two of the members of the party
bought an entire box of
       Twinkies as munchies, but refused to share them with anyone else. So
while these two selfish
       individuals were ocuppied elsewhere, a small group of us set about
to sabotaging their stash.
       (Being a counselor on the trip, I of course couldn't encourage or
actively participate in such
       mayhem, so I merely provided technical assistance.)

       The subject Twinkies were removed from their box and examined. The
question was how to
       ensure that the altered Twinkies would be indistinguishable from the
unaltered ones. So a
       sharp knife was used to make a small incision in the bottom of the
plastic wrap, inside of the
       wrapping flap. A brave member of the insertion team volunteered to
suck Tabasco sauce into a
       coffee stirrer. The stirrer was then inserted through the incision,
deep into one of the filling
       holes in the bottom of the Twinkie. A quick burst of air ensured
that the entire contents of the
       stirrer were deposited at the heart of the Twinkie. This process was
repeated several times to
       ensure that sufficient foreign material was inserted to acheive the
desired effect. The subverted
       cakes were then returned to their positions in the box.

       Needless to say, our selfish compatriots were not pleased with our
exploits. The look on the
       face of the first guy was priceless. It actually took them a while
to figure it out, during which
       they exchanged frightened and confused looks. He probably expected
that he would end up
       with his picture on the front page of the paper, "Teen killed by
poisoned Twinkies!" To this
       day, they still are not certain who was involved in the incident,
and they claim that a cover-up
       by the counselors prevented them from pursuing an effective
investigation. I can neither
       confirm nor deny that.