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Nailing jelly to a wall: is it even possible?

graeme.woaf.net — "We've all heard the old saying "it's like nailing jelly to a wall" to describe a task that is very difficult or impossible. But is our view of the difficulty of this task justified? Has anybody actually tried nailing jelly to a wall? In this experiment I attempt to establish, one way or the other, the validity of the old proverb."

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  • theciuffo, on 10/12/2007, -8/+34While it may be hard to nail jelly to a wall, I can say that I have eaten Jello with chopsticks before.
    • Lixie, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12I bet Martha Stewart never served jello like that.
    • Archeologist, on 10/12/2007, -23/+2I have.(don't ask) It's hard.
    • TheSaladMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25Seems to be down

      http://duggmirror.com/mods/Nailing_jelly_to_a_wall_is_it_even_possible/
    • Flump5000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+166I cant honestly say i have ever heard that saying in my entire life.
    • evilesttoast, on 10/12/2007, -16/+4Its in the same category as eating crap out of a dogs anus.
    • kp3469, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5wow, even the mirror site is hellishly slow ...
    • Software2, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3I've heard the expression said with jell-o, but never jelly.
    • Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1I am...... nevermind that meme right now
    • bat-21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Don't use jelly. Use Vaseline.
    • 0o0Moylan0o0, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11ive only ever known it as "what is the definition of impossible: Nailing diohrrea to a wall."
    • 4NDr01D, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@ no one in particular, yet all of you

      nailing jelly to the wall...

      I'm trying to get the mental image of you with your girlfriend out of my mind
    • CrankyPants, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I love you internet.
    • themastersb, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2What the *****!? I've never heard of that saying. Either I'm behind the times or caught in a parallel dimension.
    • SIRBERUS, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3Jelly doesn't equal Jello
    • pritch, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@themastersb: Maybe it's just a British thing, I've heard the saying plenty of times, although usually phrased as "Like nailing jelly to a tree".
    • 13thfloor, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Wouldn't the jelly be sticky enough for much of it to adhere to a wall without the need for additional fasteners?
    • blapierre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Um, you can't lay down the "wall" while nailing and then prop it up. The whole point is that you are trying to nail it to the wall while trying to hold it up and not tearing a big hole through the Jello.
    • anotherjeff, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2what a waste of ***** time.
    • theBrink, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5and mythbusters have one less myth they can disprove, you bastards are ruining the show!
    • NumberSeven, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@siberius

      Jelly is English for Jello and what you call Jelly we call Jam
  • harvster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+42Next up: Striking a match on jelly.
    • Archeologist, on 10/12/2007, -5/+30Mythbusters: Reinvented - ProverbBusters
    • jesstech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17They actually started doing this.
    • mongoose123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3yah, they did the whole " a rolling stone gathers no moss" proverb.

      Think it ended up as the longest running experiment they've ever done.
  • royall64, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22I wish I had that much time on my hands.
  • loganz, on 10/12/2007, -49/+2but will it blend?
    • zmenchini, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38Yes, it will.

      Any more questions?
    • GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -4/+31That's not a hair question.

      *****, I smell a new meme coming.
    • u8myfoood, on 10/12/2007, -11/+28@mikeazorin
      the boston police are currently on your trail...
    • Switch22, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10terrorists...
    • gcnaddict, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Mine wasnt the same one posted earlier. Damnit the boston PD sucks at identifying bombs.
    • dgritsko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I propose that we stop saying "will it blend?" and start posting that timeless bit of ASCII art.

      01-31-07 NEVER FORGET
    • InetRoadkill, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13In case anyone is interested, here is a link to the original lite-brite ad (circa 1970), but with a modern twist at the end. Enjoy.

      http://litebritemooninite.ytmnsfw.com/
    • mc7winkie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7***** off people with the mooninites. Thumbs up to the YTMND link I've never laughed so mcuh before.
  • ElbridgeGerry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12This is what the Internet is for.
  • stvspl, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Who says that?
  • FalseProphecy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2But...I'm pretty sure the saying is talking about the pulverized fruit and pectin mixture, not actual gelatin.

    Of course, you can always freeze it.
  • wodfan89, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15i've never heard of that saying in my life
    • D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5damn. digg down. Stupid comment system...
  • arenas46, on 10/12/2007, -17/+2www.duggmirror.com
  • ozziegt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4The phrase is "nail jelly to the wall" not "nail gelatin to the wall"...a whole lot of effort for nothin'.
    • JudgeMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1it's not really effort for nothing. gelatin is a more solid than jelly. So if gelatin failed so bad, jelly doesn't stand a chance.
  • PauseBreak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Is nailing jelly kinky? Or just convenient?
  • Switch22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Do not eat any of the neat jelly cubes, no matter how nice they look. They're incredibly sweet and probably addictive; if you eat them all you won't have any left for the experiment."

    Look at the pictures below that statement.
  • LavaHot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1who has ever said this? I've never even heard of that.
  • JimSartor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Nice proverb, however we are in the age of grotesque visuals . . . I think testing something more current would be far more interesting.
    Just an idea, but testing the proverb: "(it's like . . . ) masturbating with sandpaper" . . . would be good fun to watch.

    Good luck, let me know how it goes.
    • TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15that would not be at all fun to watch
  • politechaos, on 10/12/2007, -7/+0It's simple.

    Just nail a small half circle of nails into a wall protruding about 1 1/2" out, with bits into the jelly, the remainder will rest on the nails.

    Done and done.
  • everfalling, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2i could have sworn it was jell-o, not jelly.
    • mongoose123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1he explains all that at the top, in the british/american food translation section
  • JustAn0th3rFace, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3ive never heard this proverb in my life
  • XISUPERMANIX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is what happens when you live alone... too much free time.
  • triggerfinger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Of course it is possible if her name is Jelly.
  • Doorfingers, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2what the heck are jelly cubes?
  • dgh1973, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1That's 5 minutes of my life I'll never get back...
  • Jozer99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Explanation of "jelly":

    This guy is British, not American, so the term means something else.

    Jelly = American Jell-O
    American Jelly = Marmalade
    Jam = Jam
  • D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Why is this a Tech Mod?
  • DarkSource, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Why do these morons keep adding this useless crap to the TECHNOLOGY section!!
    • Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3digg for dumbies 101
      1.If a article is under the phrase opinion it is not news
      so please dont put it under the political news section
      2.if an article is about attempting to nail jelly to a wall
      the closest thing to it is mods and thus for now
      its in the right place
      3.posting your article/website in a comment of an another article isnt cool infact its almost allways burried
  • Fhwqhgads, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Is it possible? better question: Who cares?
  • Kumaku, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Dugg for that funny intro made for Americans
  • SLH06, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Never heard that saying before.
  • burk3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1this article is completely worthless without pics. Anyone have em?
  • zeno60, on 10/12/2007, -19/+1But will it blend?
    • hobano, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9STFU - dude, its gettin' a little old already.

      Do you by chance run around asking people "Where's the Beef?" or do you randomly go up to people and say to them, "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"

      You sound retarded.
    • pureliquidhw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9what was Willis talking about anyways?
  • noseeme, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I've never heard anyone say "it's like nailing jelly to a wall"
  • jacotyco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2why the heck would you want to nail jelly to a wall?
  • brotherfranciz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One word: Mythbusters!!!
  • kong27, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Step 1: Freeze jelly.
    Step 2: Drill a hole in jelly for nail.
    Step 3: Nail to wall.
    O_o
    • TripcodeMel, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1Can't believe this ***** beat me to it by half an hour. D:
    • jlebrech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24: Profit!!
  • transversed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Without a doubt, this is the most absurd Digg headline I have ever seen.
  • nitefallz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I've nailed jello to the wall.

    http://www.nitefallz.net/images/1/Image03.jpg
  • basidd1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5In Soviet Russia, jelly nails you!
    • clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh you better believe she does my friend.

      In America you only dream of girl like Jelly. Jelly was number One A plus catch.
      желе сосет хороший петух!
      (*****i encourage all to do an online russian-english translation of this, i used freetranslation)
  • cbergeron, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Buried. Leave this ***** to the Mythbusters, NOT digg.com

  • truegodofwar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1@the title, who is this "we" you are talking about? I've never heard this saying.
  • Kyle660, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I, for one, propose less boing-boing regurgitations and more ever-so-*****-fascinating Wii hacks on digg.com.

    Hey, my opinion counts too.
  • DenDen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What sucks, is when duggmirror cant take the digg effect. It's become a useless piece of *****. NEXT!
  • knyghtryda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2DIY mythbusters. I like it.
  • Benzido, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Next he can try kicking dead whales up a beach.
  • Kyoushu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1For anyone who doesn't already know-
    Like nailing jelly to a wall- Used to describe a task thought to be
    impossible, especially one in which the difficulty arises from
    poor specification or inherent slipperiness in the problem
    domain.
  • alexpigment, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5YOU DAMN BRITS. Jello is not jelly. jelly is the stuff found in jars that you put on bread with peanut butter (hence the term "peanut butter and jelly sandwich". when's the last time you heard of someone putting peanut butter and [jello] together on a sandwich? never. also, quit calling fish and french fries "fish and chips". i mean you don't have to call them french fries, but chips describes the shape of american potato chips. french fries in no way represent a chip of a potato, much less of anything. you people did invent the english language, but you can't take a phrase that emerges outside of your island and interpret it based on your archaic and slowly-changing version of english.
    • bgmowen, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1hahaha loser, you don't even get a chipper in your country... whats it you live on burger king and McDonalds? pffft ***** off

      And yes Jello is Jelly. Same with all the jam ***** someone was wittering on about. Americans don't like it when everyone else knows the real answer do they?
    • tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I hate to inform you, but the length of time your country has been around is the blink of an eye compared to ours. I assure you 'fish and chips' have been around far longer than your country has.

      Most people here call French Fries 'french fries'. Our traditional chips are cut differently (although usage is a little blurred now).
  • alexpigment, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1to support my rant from above, the phrase originates from Marvin L. Lubenow, a US professor. read his ghetto internet bio here: http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/bios/m_lubenow.asp
  • Jarasmen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Dugg for the amount of uselessness. Seriously, thet's the most useless thing I've read in a while.
  • Daveoh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Try no more nails?
  • thtjebus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0wow..someones gona die a virgin
  • adamsna, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0nailing jelly who says that your grandma?
  • cuzican, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1orange jelly.. man that looks like red jelly..ummm.. yummy.. ;->
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