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New Heaviest Element Discovered
2006-03-04
A major research institution has recently announced the discovery of the heaviest chemical element yet known to science. This new element has been tentatively named "UNium."
Kofi wanted "Annonium" but dropped it when he learned he couldn't get royalties.
UNium has one neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 224 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.

Since UNium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of UNium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would normally take less than a second.
It also chokes all parking slots within 4 square miles.
UNium has a normal half-life of four years; it does not decay but instead it undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, UNium's mass will actually increase over time since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of moron-promotion leads some scientists to speculate that UNium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration. This hypocritical quantity is referred to as "Critical Morass." You will know it when you see it.
Commonly found in western Europe, Critical Morass conditions also obtain in parts of Africa and Scandanavia. Not to be confused with Chaotic Morass, which is found in Russia.
When catalyzed with money, UNium becomes Bureaucracium, an element which radiates just as much energy since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.
And a whole slew of unpaid parking tickets.
Posted by:Nimble Spemble

#11  ROFLMAO, Moose!

*standing ovation*

add "despotos", lol
Posted by: .com   2006-03-04 22:46  

#10  They should have mentioned its quarks. All originally supposed to be "diplomos", many of which were also "winos"; in fact several prominant groupings include "nepotos", "nemotos", "bozos", "flunkies", "lickspittles", and matched pairs of subordinate quarks called "pedos" and "childmos", that it emits periodically when agitated, but otherwise seem to do nothing other than degenerate in unstable conditions.

UNium is ironically stable inside of a shell created with Americanium, from which it tries to steal electrons that few other elements are willing to provide, while at the same time it is both tremendously repelled by Americanium and tries to make it more like Europium, an element of similar class, but more lightweight, older, less energetic, and tending to decay faster.

In turn, for the most part "red" Americanium is far more repelled by UNium than is "blue" Americanium. However, Berkellium, an element often supposed to be Americanium, but isn't, is very strongly attracted to UNium, but it is too unstable to do much of anything, being filled with "radicos", "homos", and "lezbos".
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-03-04 22:40  

#9  No Michaelmoorium?

A single particle so heavy that it is capable of absorbing a blackhole by itself. Such a feat that observers can't tell the difference between the two.
Posted by: Jinegum Flaish2343   2006-03-04 21:09  

#8  LOL, xb!

This bit is something of a puzzle, though: it has zero rest mass but tremendous inertia?

Thar be sErIoUs MaGiK here, lol.

Thx for the link!
Posted by: .com   2006-03-04 20:18  

#7  I've always liked this one, too...
Posted by: .com   2006-03-04 19:40  

#6  You wish is our command, Visitor. ;-)
Posted by: lotp   2006-03-04 19:32  

#5  Albert Einstein grafic, quickly, quickly!
Posted by: Visitor   2006-03-04 19:26  

#4  My wife and I were both ROFL reading this. Reminds me of quantum bogodynamics.
Posted by: xbalanke   2006-03-04 19:06  

#3  Lol. Beautiful play on the Administratium gag.
Posted by: .com   2006-03-04 18:22  

#2  With any luck, this can be neutralized with a strong dose of Boltonium.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-03-04 18:12  

#1  Clever and quite funny.
Posted by: phil_b   2006-03-04 17:51  

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