Vaseline

Can One (20g) Tub of Vaseline be Used by a School/Workplace in One Day?

Picture the scene: Breaktime, and there is a frosty chill in the air. The girls (shivering) collect around one of the outbuildings (still shivering). Someone produces a small blue tub of vaseline and liberally applies. She offers it around. Would you like some? Most of the girls take it, yet a few girls produce their own tubs and apply. More girls join the group - more vaseline is spread. And the chain continues until at the end of break almost all the girls in the year have shiny, moist lips, and greasy forefingers.

Now imagine exactly the same thing - but on a massive, more regimented scale. This, my friends, is what I shall call "The Vaseline Experiment", and this is what I propose.

Perhaps for a charity day at your school or work, you should bring in one, new, tub of vaseline (petroleum jelly). A tube of lipbalm would suffice. Then, sponsorship sheets are handed round, so you can raise money from people betting on whether your one tub of vaseline can be used in one day at your school/workplace.

All of the females (or males too. I'm all for unisex lip protection) should come to take some every so often. I'm hopeful, if everyone was involved, that this would be effective in completing the task of using all the lipbalm, however it obviously depends on the size of the workforce/pupils. Try and whip up some enthusiasm with vaseline songs (er, use your imagination?), games, posters and activities! Maybe the challenging How long can you stick a bottletop to a wall using just vaseline? game, or tiddlywinks into a vaseline tin? Sounds good to me.

There, of course, would have to be certain rules. I suggest hourly applications, and also clean, freshly washed hands (if hundreds of people are going to be handling the tub it's going to get pretty unhygenic, ew, - hence the handwashing). Maybe everyone could line up and take some on the hour? Maybe a bell or alarm could be involved? (The "Vaseline Alarm" - I like it!)

Either way, the object is clear - use all of the vaseline to complete the sponsors and raise money for a good cause! It could be called a sponsored experiment, would be something unique, and let's face it, fun! Also, you can use up any leftover lipsalve that is lying around. Everyone wins - go on - suggest it for a fundraiser!