Render Posted April 5, 2013 #1 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Florida country radio morning-show hosts Val St. John and Scott Fish are currently serving indefinite suspensions and possibly worse over a successful April Fools' Day prank. They told their listeners that "dihydrogen monoxide" was coming out of the taps throughout the Fort Myers area. Dihydrogen monoxide is water.The popular deejays are mainly in all this trouble (potentially of a felony level) because their listeners panicked so much — about the molecular makeup of their drinking water, however unwittingly — that Lee County utility officials had to issue a county-wide statement calming the fears of chemistry challenged Floridians. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/04/florida-djs-april-fools-water-joke/63798/#.UVwhJCUPizk.facebook Man that's really sad. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted April 5, 2013 #2 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Perhaps a better solution would be to educate the populace? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godnodog Posted April 5, 2013 #3 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Clearly the suspenders should be suspended, so what the population panicked, too bad they´re dumb cups of tea. I also did not know that the dihydrogen monoxide was H20. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libstaK Posted April 5, 2013 #4 Share Posted April 5, 2013 So basically they were suspended for telling people the truth on air, I fail to see how it is their fault no one picked up a dictionary before they went into panic mode. Wouldn't the first question someone asks if they are told this is in their water supply and they don't know what it is be "What is that? What does it do?" fgs. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted April 5, 2013 #5 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Mass panic, didn't something like this happen when Orson Wells read 'War of the Worlds' over the radio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy52 Posted April 9, 2013 #6 Share Posted April 9, 2013 be honest now, how many people would know that dehydrogen monoxide is water? H2O is the chemical symbol everyone knows, though I do admit there are some really stupid people in the US, (Same as every country) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaikou Posted April 9, 2013 #7 Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) be honest now, how many people would know that dehydrogen monoxide is water? H2O is the chemical symbol everyone knows, though I do admit there are some really stupid people in the US, (Same as every country) I'll be honest, I did not know that. However I would have done some research on it before freaking out. lol *Edited because my keyboard is messing up. Edited April 9, 2013 by Kaikou 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted April 9, 2013 #8 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Floridans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orcseeker Posted April 10, 2013 #9 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Even if you didn't understand it at first thought. Simply asking yourself what the chemical compound may look like would probably be a great start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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