Nailing jelly to a wall.

Posted by Miss Cellania in Science & Tech on February 3, 2007 at 7:43 am


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You’ve heard the phrase “like nailing jelly to the wall” to describe a difficult task. Graeme Cole decided to find out exactly how difficult it was to nail jelly (or Jello for Americans) to a wall. He chronicled his experiment step-by-step with pictures. Link -via the Presurfer

Update 2/8/07: MyScienceProject has more about nailing jell-o:

Our further investigation into this area leads us to state the following: Jell-O can be effectively nailed to a wall if you increase its density by reducing the proportion of water to gelatin in the recipe, or fortify it by adding more gelatin powder.

Link – Thanks ebez1


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2 comments to "Nailing jelly to a wall."

  1. Zach
    February 3rd, 2007 at 10:41 am

    Dear Brit,

    I know it is the Queen's English and all, but how do you know this phrase isn't of American origins? If it is, well... Jelly is *jelly* here, not Jell-O(R). Maybe you call it jam? Whatever. The point is, it'd be nigh impossible to nail it to a wall... far more difficult than the relatively solid in comparison Jell-O(R).

  2. Miss Cellania
    February 3rd, 2007 at 10:54 am

    Since you mentioned it, I looked it up. It IS American in origin! http://www.macmillandictionary.com/MED-Magazine/july2003/09-new-word-n ail-jelly.htm

    I worded it that way because it was mentioned at the website, to explain exactly what he was using in this experiment.


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