Brainiac / Myth-Busting Question...

[Glassman]

Is it possible to clean something without getting something else dirty?

[odyssey2200]

I guess you have to define the type of dirt.

difficult to see how though.

[TheEnd]

Depends on definitions of dirty, but in some lines of thinking yes, imagine if a sheet of glass was covered in specks of bluetac, and you rubbed the lot with a lump of bluetac, you'd get a clean window, and a lot of bluetac.

[mybrainhurts]

I'm a lay preacher and have cleaned some really filthy minds without even touching them...

[Glassman]

TheEnd said:

Depends on definitions of dirty, but in some lines of thinking yes, imagine if a sheet of glass was covered in specks of bluetac, and you rubbed the lot with a lump of bluetac, you'd get a clean window, and a lot of bluetac.

I want to prove your statement wrong...

[Beyond Rational]

I tend to clean things with fire, where does that fit in?

[odyssey2200]

Beyond Rational said:

I tend to clean things with fire, where does that fit in?

where does the ash and soot land?

[T89 Callan]

If you hose a muddy Land Rover off in a field, the Land Rover will be clean but the field won't be dirty.

[koolchris99]

Things cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred from one state to another? isnt that what they say....

i.e. you cant get rid of the dirt, you can only move it or change it to something else?

i like the landy one..

[Glassman]

T89 Callan said:

If you hose a muddy Land Rover off in a field, the Land Rover will be clean but the field won't be dirty.

But the water would, as a result, become dirty...

[elster]

Glassman said:

T89 Callan said:

If you hose a muddy Land Rover off in a field, the Land Rover will be clean but the field won't be dirty.

But the water would, as a result, become dirty...

Until it filters through the ground and then on through the water cycle.

You just don't like to admit you are wrong

Edited by elster on Thursday 12th November 00:59

[Glassman]

elster said:

Glassman said:

T89 Callan said:

If you hose a muddy Land Rover off in a field, the Land Rover will be clean but the field won't be dirty.

But the water would, as a result, become dirty...

Until it filters through the ground and then on through the water cycle.

What if the water wasn't clean to start with?

[johnnywgk]

Glassman, don't tell us yet.

[Zad]

Vortex style vacuum cleaning? Alternatively, electrostatic cleaning. I have seen air ionisers cause dust particles to cluster and fall out of suspension.

[tossbag]

Leafblower

[Alan Alan Alan]

tossbag said:

Leafblower

That's not clean, it's just tidy.;)

[Alan Alan Alan]

The only thing i can think of is a database.

[T89 Callan]

elster said:

Glassman said:

T89 Callan said:

If you hose a muddy Land Rover off in a field, the Land Rover will be clean but the field won't be dirty.

But the water would, as a result, become dirty...

Until it filters through the ground and then on through the water cycle.

You just don't like to admit you are wrong

Edited by elster on Thursday 12th November 00:59

You would have a clean Land Rover and a wet field, you wouldn't say that you have a clean Land Rover and a dirty field covered in dirty water would you?

You are cleaning the Land Rover by returning the mud to were it came from, so you are cleaning something without making anything dirty.

I win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zakelwe]

T89 Callan said:

elster said:

Glassman said:

T89 Callan said:

If you hose a muddy Land Rover off in a field, the Land Rover will be clean but the field won't be dirty.

But the water would, as a result, become dirty...

Until it filters through the ground and then on through the water cycle.

You just don't like to admit you are wrong

Edited by elster on Thursday 12th November 00:59

You would have a clean Land Rover and a wet field, you wouldn't say that you have a clean Land Rover and a dirty field covered in dirty water would you?

You are cleaning the Land Rover by returning the mud to were it came from, so you are cleaning something without making anything dirty.

I win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But how do you clean the car? If you use a sponge that gets dirty, if you use a jet spray the water gets dirty. You lose

The simple answer is you use anti particles, in this case the anti particle of the dirt particle which I will name the cleanitron. By spraying dirt with cleanitrons you will completely convert the dirt to energy.

Andy

[JamesM]

What about blowing st off stuff with an air line? The object is clean and assuming nothing touched the nozzle off the air gun that is still clean too.