I teach nursery school, thus, I am deeply familiar with this substance. :)

No, we don't offer the kids a pool full. Small tubs will do.

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Me too! The harder you hit it, the more it resists. But really slow, and it behaves like a total liquid.

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Attacking some with a hammer is unrelentingly satisfying. It shatters beautifully, and the various airborne shards and fragments revert to liquid before they hit the ground.

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too bad it would be too much of a liability to do that at the nightclub

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Ya, the first person who tried to do a cannon ball into it would *RUIN* your insurance rates!

ttyl

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In case you haven't seen it, check out Fingers and Holes in a Shaken Cornstarch Solution and then cornstarch lifeform 80hz (links from suspect_device1).

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The best part is i've got access to a cement mixer and the money to blow on cornstarch, and a suitably *larger* container. I think a party will be centered around this with the coolness agumented moreso by dropping some huge waterproofed subwoofers into the vat, and maybe glow in the dark solution and blacklights.

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Nifty. I hope you invite the local explorers.

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And put rows of Diet Coke bottles along each side, with Mento-droppers. :-)

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Oobleck!

Totally awesome.

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Mmm.. non-neutonian fluids. Brainiac did the same thing, but with custard.

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