Really. It can be. And not just making custard powder tins explode. Physics can be fun in the office, especially if you have a swivel chair which goes up and down.
Game one – see who can spin the longest, or the most number of times, on their chair. The secret here is the keep your legs close in to you. Try it – legs out… slow down. Legs in… speed up. Centripetal motion at work.
Game two – bouncies! Find out who’s chair is the more sturdy by just bouncing up and down on it until the pressure valve goes *BANG* and you land with a very sore thud on your lower spine. Then swap the chair for the one belonging to the guy who’s off for the day. Do not, however, do this if his name is Nigel, he’s an ex-marine with a short temper and he signs the bottom of his chair in marker pen so he knows when someone’s switched them. Ever seen a big, scary guy lose his temper then sit in the car in a huff till someone gives his chair back?
Game three – spinning/moving waste paper bin basketball. OK, this should be fairly self-explanatory. Have the chair in motion as you try to hit the target. Make it more fun by using stuff like chewing gum. The loser has to scrape it out of the carpet.
As you can see, it’s shaping up to be a busy week in the office.
Try chair racing. Wheeled chairs in the coridoor – well I think you can guess the rest.
We have access to dry ice (something worthy of a blog post on its own I think…hmm). Dry ice bombs are fantastic fun…
We don’t have corridors *sigh*
I went to a chemistry lecture on liquid gases (if that’s not a bad way to put it) when I was at school. Deepr-frozen broken eggs being handed round until they suddenly warmed up and “melted” on people. Exploding water bottles. Great stuff.
I’ve got to write to all the Welsh MP’s later this week in work. As you are obviously under-employed, do you fancy coming down and licking envelopes and stamps for me?
Jealous about the time you have on your hands!