This Shouldn’t Be A Thing – Volatile Odor Edition

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It is 11.52 Kelvin. That means it is time for today's edition of this shouldn't be a thing.

As always, if you have a thing that should not be sent it into Greg and me at Jane says

at civic media dot us. This is from the BBC crystal haze headline reads mystery solved

behind the blobs, washing a shore in Canada. Canadian officials earlier this autumn started

an investigation as photos of white blobs washing up along the Newfoundland coast went viral

after being spotted along the the the the shores of placentia bay. There's speculation that

the substance that some compared to dough, they thought it might have been a fungus mold

or wax. In the end, Memorial University chemistry professor Chris Kozak analyzed it and found

it was man made and some type of synthetic rubber. He ultimately found the blobs aren't

toxic and they're safe to handle, though they do carry, quote, a volatile odor.

And because he's English, he said volatile od, od oh, you are. Yeah, there's a you in

there, baby. Professor Kozak ran a series of tests with graduate students. It was

called project unknown glob, which I kind of love just in and of itself. Very English.

It's like, what is it? It's an unknown blob. There we go. Glob. That's what you call it.

Unknown glob. But they're not toxic. But apparently they're smelly. He thinks the substance

is a PV PV a composite found in adhesives like glue and some nail polish coatings. They

still have no idea where the globs originated. They are concerned that there's a bunch of

these now lying across the bottom of the ocean. Because he has come across hundreds and

hundreds of globs, big globs, little globs, the biggest globs, about 15 centimeters wide.

Oh, mother glory. Professor Kozak's telling the guardian newspaper substantial amounts

of globs might be on the bottom of the Atlantic and his concern is it could be mistaken by fish

for food, which it's not. There is a lot of news or the information here, but it also does

feel like it was a slow news day at the BBC. Get on the glob story. The unknown stinky glob

story. Let's do that one. We've been holding that one since twenty eight. If only Monty Python

were still a group, they could take this glob story to the to the next level. Just love

the idea. Project stinky glob or project unknown glob. I like project stinky glob better.

I just now I want to kind of take a class with this guy because that's pretty funny. Oh my

gosh. Project unknown glob. Globs not toxic, safety handle, but with a volatile odor. So you

are warned. If you're on the coast of Newfoundland, your eyes open. Keep your nose open.

You'll know it by the smell. Go ahead and touch it, but just don't eat it. We're a mask.

We're I mean, okay, James telling people to wear masks again. Oh, no, that's for tomorrow.

That wraps up today's episode of this shouldn't be a thing. Coming up tomorrow on the show,

Dan Schaeffer will be here at 1033 from the recombobulation area. He written he has written

a new column. Yeah, looking back at the election results. And you can find that at the recombobulation

area. Highly encourage you to subscribe to that. He is award winning and really a fantastic writer.

Lots of awards. Yeah, tons and tons of awards. Dr. Kristen Leierly, our friend will be here at

11 o'clock. We're going to check in with her. She did not win her bid in the eighth congressional

district, but she's a pretty positive human being. I can't keep that lady down. No, and it's

if you use if there's a social media follow, Dr. Leierly, Dr. Leierly, because for someone who just

lost a very competitive race, she's like, doesn't matter. I mean, it matters, but we're keeping going

where or where it's just nothing but the positive energy you've come to know and love of Dr.

Kristen Leierly. Absolutely. So if you need a little pick me up, join us tomorrow.

Yep. Join us tomorrow. Dr. Leierly here at 1106. And of course, we'll wrap it up again with

a tiz bat. News is coming up next followed by the wonderful Todd Albug. Give him some love.

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