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Water pressure lesson While I attended Smithfield High School, I always looked for a way to add entertainment and excitement to the routinely boring classrooms. During lunch period a lot of the teachers and students left campus for lunch. One day we dreamed up a great prank. We went to the second floor chemistry lab and borrowed a length of Bunsen burner rubber gas hose. We went across the hall to the bathroom and hooked one end of the hose to the faucet of the sink. Someone held onto that end tightly against the faucet. Another person held tightly to the open end while we turned on the water. It was amazing how large the diameter of the rubber hose would expand under all that water pressure! About that time, some of our “favorite” teachers were returning from lunch. We raised the window slightly, took aim, and let go of the open end of the hose. The water shot out about 100 feet like a fire hose, and they all had a nice, refreshing after-lunch shower. It happened so fast, no one knew where it came from or who “dunnit.” The project was quickly dismantled and returned to its proper place in the chemistry lab. No one ever admitted it or saw who did it. Calvin Clayton, West Jefferson, Blue Ridge EMC |
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