Next Question Please

[Georgeios]

As description.

How do they make the non stick stuff stick to the pan in the first place.

[tm4tj]

Great topic geordie..........I personally don't know the answer to your question.

But.............how many dressings are there in a thousand island dressings.

Edited November 20, 2010 by tm4tj
wine

[dan_ict]

Great thread

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle ?

[Tug]

why is abbreviation such a long word?

Edited November 23, 2010 by Tug

[The Mantis]

Who put the O and the Y in County?

[tm4tj]

why is abbreviation such a long word?

I know the answer to that one, I spent three years studying this subject.

It's because it has never been abbreviated.

Mantis...........I'm not so sure, but it might have been some dirty ***** *******.

[davie]

In answer to the OP, non stick refers to the properties of the coating, not the coating it's self. Most non stick coatings are derived from or contain polytetrafluoethylene (PTFE) Sometimes called the membrane in goretex, it's seriously slippy stuff. There you go.

[Scotty]

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle ?

Because there is no chemical reaction inside the bottle (normally).

The contents of most glues contain a chemical or additive (Cyanoacrylate for SuperGlue) that reacts with either air or water or evaporates when exposed to air.

It will harden in the bottle if you leave the top off for a long time as moisture/air will get in and the open top (if its not one of those with a one-way airtight seal) will allow the reaction to continue by allowing more air or moisture in.

With the top back on - after you have used it for example - even though some air/moisture might have got into the bottle only a little bit of the glue may dry out as the chemical reaction consumes all the air/moisture and has no more it can use until you open the bottle again

[starchief]

Teflon. That's the non-stick stuff. Some coating that makes your sausages not stick to the frying pan. They developed that for space travel. And yet...there's no gravity in space. So you would have thought they'd want their sausages to stick to the pan?!?

[Georgeios]

Thanks for that peep, ok then how do snow plough drivers get to work if the roads are blocked, you never see them parked in the drive ways at night?

[Tug]

Thanks for that peep, ok then how do snow plough drivers get to work if the roads are blocked, you never see them parked in the drive ways at night?

no but i do know one who parks in the car park just down from his house...

[+Gringo]

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

[Tug]

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

bread?????

[PullMyFinger]

In answer to the OP, non stick refers to the properties of the coating, not the coating itself. Most non stick coatings are derived from or contain polytetrafluoethylene (PTFE) Sometimes called the membrane in goretex, it's seriously slippy stuff. There you go.

Is that not basically the same thing as the OP said?

[Yngwie]

Most non stick coatings are derived from or contain polytetrafluoethylene (PTFE) Sometimes called the membrane in goretex, it's seriously slippy stuff.

Indeed, but do you the slipperiest substance known to man?

I don't know what it's called, but it's what Les Fridge's gloves were made from.

[WYNESS101]

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

Non-sliced

[+DoofersDad]

Are there other words for Thesaurus and Synonym?

and why do the terms "wise man" and "wise guy" mean such different things?

[FoolPhysio]

Why is there only one Monopolies & Mergers Commission?

[FoolPhysio]

Who put the Bomp (in the Bomp-A-Bomp-A-Bomp)?

Edited November 25, 2010 by FoolPhysio

[Georgeios]

Why is the work Dyslexic so difficult to spell?.. even for non Dyslexics

[davie]

Why is the work Dyslexic so difficult to spell?.. even for non Dyslexics

for the same reason that it's difficult to say "inarticulate"

[Yngwie]

And then there's "lisp"

[Jay_7]

Why is there a use-by date on Sour Cream?

[Libero]

why is a boxing ring called a ring, when it is clearly square?

[davie]

And then there's "lisp"

What's about "stutter"