then I don't know what is:
http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/11/07/2016240.shtml"Researchers, oddly enough from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, have found a way to make diamond films using tequila.
They were originally testing methods of creating the films with organic
solutions like acetone when it was noticed the ideal ratios of water
and ethanol turned out to be about 80 proof, or 40% alcohol. '"To
dissipate any doubts, one morning on the way to the lab I bought a
pocket-size bottle of cheap white tequila and we did some tests,"
Apátiga said. "We were in doubt over whether the great amount of
chemicals present in tequila, other than water and ethanol, would
contaminate or obstruct the process, it turned out to be not so. The
results were amazing, same as with the ethanol and water compound, we
obtained almost spherical shaped diamonds of nanometric size. There is
no doubt; tequila has the exact proportion of carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen atoms necessary to form diamonds."'" And, of course, the leading Slashdot comment:
Diamonds make girls easier to sleep with; tequila makes girls easier to sleep with. We really should have seen this earlier.
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<a id="comment_link_25682139" name="comment_link_25682139" href="http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1022073&cid=25682139" onclick="return D2.setFocusComment(25682139)">this just makes sense (<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/11/07/2016240.shtml#" onclick="getModalPrefs('modcommentlog', 'Moderation Comment Log', 25682139); return false">Score:5, Funny)