Netbasic Ltd.

After last year’s Grand Netbasic Crystal Growing Contest [won by me;),] science fever gripped the office - well, downstairs anyway.

After having threatened to bring in equipment for making lemon and potato powered clocks, Chris finally managed to dig up an old science kit of his full of all the goodies needed for such a vegetarian timepiece.

All was good as we tore the box open only to realise that the good doctor had neglected to bring anything harnessing nature’s electricity with him.

Stumped, we went to the shop for lunch and saw something that might possibly rescue the experiment - a tin of minced meat with onions it, reduced to 30p. I was sceptical at first, but Chris’s confidence in the experiment reassured me that all would be fine!

Back in the office, we opened the can of “mince” that smelled more like dog meat and began wiring the electrodes together. After 10 minutes of fiddling and rewiring [after having laughed so much that we broke all the connections,] we finally had the electrodes connected in sequence! The moment of truth was upon us - all that was left to do was place the electrodes in the minced-beef filled containers, sit back and watch the fireworks. Or not.

Perhaps surprisingly, the impressive looking experiment was nothing more than a spectacular failure.

Oh well, nothing to do now but try and sell it on eBay! On to the next experiment!