If you filled up a swimming pool with peanut butter, and then dived into it, what would happen to you?

Answer 1

I have to confess, I found this question oddly intriguing. So, I did a few experiments.

In my first experiment, I got one of my sister's Barbie dolls and tried dropping Barbie into a jar of Jif peanut butter. Barbie didn't penetrate the peanut butter at all, just skipped off the surface. This leads me to believe Barbie would have broken her neck.

However, then I thought the problem was that Barbie doesn't weigh enough. To simulate a human dropping into the peanut butter, I needed to beef up Barbie a bit. So I got some duct tape, taped a crescent wrench to Barbie, and again dropped her in the peanut butter. This worked a lot better, although I noticed Barbie didn't come to the surface after she hit the peanut butter. With no way to get a foothold to get back to the surface, I have to conclude Barbie would have drowned. I guess it would be like getting caught in quicksand.

I was thinking watered-down peanut butter would work, and that this might be a great stunt for "Jackass". Unfortunately, before I could run another test, my sister walked into the room, saw her peanut-butter covered Barbie and said, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY BARBIE DOLL!!" Man, was she ticked. My mom didn't like it either and grounded me. My family just doesn't understand the scientific process.

Answer 2

I assume... because I never had had and never will have that much peanut butter on hand to prove it.

I believe that since you can stick a pretty heavy knife into a full jar and it holds the weight without sinking...

I think that I would lay on the surface until the sun separated the oils and I would burn in the peanut oil and get a wicked tan.

I still don't think you would sink though because the less oil it has the more dense it becomes.

and I would never screw up my pool like that either so...

guess at best. You should send that in to myth busters. That is a good one!

Answer 3

you would either a) get hurt because peanut butter will not separate like water will because peanut butter is much more viscus b) if you survive the initial dive, you will not be able to move because once again peanut butter is more viscus than water which also makes it sticky c) be very happy because peanut butter tastes good... unless your allergic to it... then you'd be dead... but seriously it's about the viscosity and how that would slow you down much quicker than water

Answer 4

You would be covered in peanut butter and look like an idiot
But it still would be so cool to do it

Answer 5

you will dip into the pool unitl peanut butter absorb enough force from your diving, then your body wil be kept in peanut butter.

but when you dive into it, you will see & smell a lot of peanut butter, that's for sure.

Answer 6

You would smell like peanut butter.

Answer 7

Is this the extra crunchy type peanut butter or the smooth stuff?

Answer 8

Haha! Funny question...peanut butter is pretty thick stuff, so I'd have to say you'd slowly sink into it and it would have a quicksand like effect and you'd be pretty stuck.

Answer 9

where in the heck would you get enough peanut butter for that? And if you did what kind would you get the nutty kind or the kind thats mixed with jelly already?

Answer 10

you would be covered in peanut butter...duh! what made you think of this?