Blogiston

A definition

Published on September 20, 2004 By pseudosoldier In Pure Technology

(inspired by a conversation with greywar)

Link

blogiston theory , hypothesis regarding blogging. The theory, advanced by J. R. pseudosoldier late in the 7 o'clock hour this morning and extended and popularized by M. R. greywar, postulates that in all bloggable materials there is present blogiston, a substance without color, odor, taste, or weight that is absorbed in blogging. “Blogisticated” substances are those that contain blogiston and, on being blogged about, are “deblogisticated.” The remnants of the blogged material is held to be the true material, although many still try to blog about it. The theory received strong and wide support throughout a large part of the 8 o'clock hour until it was deemed to be too uninteresting a topic, and we talked about something else. Joseph Priestley, however, defended the theory throughout his lifetime. Henry Cavendish remained doubtful, but most other co-workers of the period, including C. R. Butts, rejected it.

Comments

chiprj

on Sep 20, 2004

Very nice! My first thought as I read this was of phlogistan (I am an old AD&D geek from many years ago). Then I clicked the link and laughed my ass off!

SSG Geezer

on Sep 22, 2004

Oh Yes,
Phlogistan, good stuff at barbeques.

Texas Wahine

on Sep 23, 2004

pseudosoldier

on Sep 23, 2004

The pancake rabbit jumped the shark quite awhile ago... but thanks for playing! You've won the home version.

SSG Geezer

on Sep 23, 2004

Bunnys taste good in a beer batter tho'

Texas Wahine

on Sep 23, 2004

The pancake rabbit jumped the shark quite awhile ago... but thanks for playing! You've won the home version.

So, what you're saying is . . .

SFC C

on Sep 25, 2004

Texas Wahine just needs to to com SEE ME!
SFC C

greywar

on Sep 27, 2004

STFU is in fact his favorite phrase.

pseudosoldier

on Sep 27, 2004

But she mispelled n00b.

(I miss that phrase, now that the contractors have come in... I have to make some minor nod to civility.)

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