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Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Balius — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:43:09 PDT

The OCD in me likes that peppers and hot-sauces can finally be put in order. One doesn't realize how much something like that weighs on the mind.

Balius

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Silver_Back — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:14:09 PDT

Pffft. As a brown guy who was born into a culture that eats a ton of spices I laugh at this!

Silver_Back

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:01:12 PDT

@DocGratis: There was an episode of NewsRadio where everyone starts taking Bill literally, I.E. they attack someone named Joe Vigilante after he said "Joe Vigilante should be dragged out of his car and beat. He tells people to listen to their hearts and someone actually rips his heart out and puts it to his ear.

OK, it's funnier in the episode.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

DocGratis — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:24:46 PDT

@Miranda Kali: Thanks, but as a Doctor, I checked and there is no star in my heart...

Lots of blood.. and some other stuff..

OOOOOH metaphorically in my heart...

Lets see metaphorically heart equal...
lets see page 642... Spleen.. yep there it is.

Thanks Miranda..

DocGratis

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Glamourdammerung — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:45 PDT

@Log1c: Only if they tied one of each of their hands together and made them have to smear chili in the other tester's eyes.

I think I just realised why I no longer am involved in product testing.

Glamourdammerung

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Miranda Kali — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:03:54 PDT

@DocGratis:
Oh but you do, Doc, you do. You just know that it's most important to wear it in your heart, not on your banner. :D

Miranda Kali

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

DocGratis — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:32:10 PDT

@Garrison Dean, King Awesome: And me.. but I don't have a star...

DocGratis

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:07:54 PDT

@Ed Grabianowski: @Miranda Kali: @Garrison Dean, King Awesome: @DocGratis: I'm at work right now, so I couldn't do a full song. But thank you all.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

DocGratis — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:41:56 PDT

@Git Em SteveDave: Kudos... definitely kudos...

@Ed Grabianowski: And thank you for using Nanotech correctly...

I was excited to read a piece about nanotech that was about nanotech...

DocGratis

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:32:37 PDT

@Git Em SteveDave: :) full raves from the star crowd.

Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Miranda Kali — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:46:09 PDT

@Git Em SteveDave:
If you didn't have a star all ready, I'd give you mine.
Hell, for that, you can still have it.

Miranda Kali

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:39:20 PDT

@Git Em SteveDave: Bravo, sir. Bravo.

Ed Grabianowski

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:35:05 PDT

@Miranda Kali: John Henry tasting on the right hand side,
Nano-tounge tasting on the left,
Says, 'fore I'll let your nano-tounge beat me down I'll burn my fool taste buds to death,
burn my fool taste buds to death

John Henry told his Captain,
Man ain't nothing but a man, And 'fore I'll let that nano-tounge beat me down
I'll die with this habanero in my hand,
Die with this jalapeno in my hand.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Miranda Kali — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:21:03 PDT

I think what we need here is a cook-off, nice 'ole fashioned John Henry style. Get that there, fancied-up machine to see if it can whip up a batch of Teralingua Red as good as a human.
I'd throw down m'own family recipe fer consideration, but I don't know where I can find Chupacabra meat out of season.
...Hmmm maybe Trader Joes.

Miranda Kali

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Gann — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:20:13 PDT

This is making me hungry. Mmmmm... habaneros

Gann

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

russdanger — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:18:30 PDT

Is there a crisis involving a shortage of human hot-sauce tasters? There are a few lunatics around my office who'll volunteer. It's some kind of masochistic-macho thing with them, I don't get it. They aren't truly happy until their glowing red eyes are popping out of their heads...

russdanger

Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To

Log1c — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:12:30 PDT

Wait so you mean the Scoville unit doesn't stand up to scientific accuracy!?! NOOO!!!

I was really hoping someone would squirt 1 million little sprays of water on their tongue after eating some hotsauce. And then someone else would stand up and scream No! It was 987,546! and they would fight to the death.

Log1c