Science Rules!

In my grade 10 science class, my best friend Becky and I were given an assignment to “make something”. Becky was all into reading about kids that sniff glue at the time (you can also huff newborn kittens according to Becky), and so she thought it would be cool if we made glue for our assignment. There are tons of homemade glue recipes on the internet that only require common kitchen ingredients and basic cooking skills, and so Becky and I chose one and got to work. Despite following all the instructions however, when Becky and I tested our creation, the glue wouldn’t stick. We decided to add our first secret ingredient to our homemade glue: Elmer’s Multi-purpose Glue.

To hide the fact that we didn’t actually make the glue, I suggested we add green food colouring into the mix. Now Becky saw the market potential of green glue to the glue-sniffing demographic. Our second secret ingredient was Listerine Cool Mint Mouthwash.

Later on that week, Becky and I eagerly presented our minty glue to our science class. The presentation began with an overview of what glue-sniffing is for those in the room that may not have known, followed by a summary of the most common glues sniffed. We concluded with a proposal on the marketability of our minty glue creation. Feeling very pleased with ourselves, Becky and I anxiously awaited any questions from the class. While we didn’t recieve any questions, we did get a couple of dumbfounded expressions, an awkward applause, and thankfully a passing grade. I’d like to think the consumer world simply wasn’t ready for a refreshing adhesive.

I was reminded of this sticky memory when I stumbled upon Zubbles. Zubbles are “the world’s first colored bubbles”. According to www.zubbles.com, “after ten years of experiments and discoveries, the creative minds at Ascadia have done what scientists claimed was impossible… we’ve combined the simple joy of bubbles with the beauty and magic of color, inventing the world’s first real colored bubbles.”

At this rate of scientific progress, a cure for AIDS is just around the corner.

Check out the video of Zubbles in action here.

If you made a children’s song about sniffing glue, this is probably what it would sound like:

Tu Connais Le Chanson-Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya

So bizarre.

P.S. Other creative product ideas Becky and I have had includes our makeup line in grade six for men called Gaybelline. At the tender age of 11, Becky and I had no idea that gay meant homosexual; we just thought it had a nice ring to it!