Joe: “Hey Bob, we just got to stand at ground zero while they ignited a small thermonuclear weapon in the atmosphere above our heads … what do you want to do now”

Bob: “I don’t know, it’s kinda’ hot out, why don’t we bring the kids to the park, have a picnic and get some DDT sprayed on us.”
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX6fQLrueW0

quantumeffect

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Should we understand that or not?  

OK … I thought the conversation was degenerating into a discussion of nuclear physics / chemistry and in particular a discussion of the chain reaction.  I was just illustrating the effect of a single “bewildered emoticon” striking a uranium-235 nucleus.  When the emoticon strikes the nucleus, the nucleus is split into krypton and barium.  In addition to energy, the reaction also liberates three “bewildered emoticons” that go on to split 3 more uranium-235 nuclei thus initiating a chain reaction (think Farrah Fawcett in those old Faberge commercials).  Physicists like to give subatomic particles silly names and they refer to the three “bewildered emoticons” as craigb, bapu and Jonbouy.

If the Kr's were P's than it would make more sense.