On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 02:25:11 -0700, S.t.A.n.L.e.E wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Joe AOL wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:39:49 -0700, Vaughn L.Porter wrote:
>>
>> Anyone seen the Godfather pt II? The red stuff was blood, Asuka had
>> slit her wrists and was bleeding to death in the tub. It didn't turn
>> all the water red because blood is heavier than water and would sink to
>> the bottom.
>>
>> At least, that's my take.
>>
>>
> Actually, blood is not a homogenous substance like oil, so it doesn't
> have an overarching behavior like that. In fact, the density of blood is
> quite close to water because most of blood is plasma (water + blood
> proteins, etc.) So blood and its components just disperse with the
> water. It takes a lot of blood to make water uniformly red after
> dispersion (that is, once it settles, not when it blood is first coming
> out) because, while most of blood is plasma, it's the smaller portion of
> red blood cells that make it red, specifically the hemoglobin in the
> cells, more specifically the iron in the hemoglobin. Meanwhile, what
> does rust have a lot of?  Yep. Basically, rust is of a higher
> concentration of it, so it takes less volume of rust to make the same
> water red (or if similar volumes, makes the same water even redder) but
> it mostly settles at the bottom and takes time to mix in (unless you
> help it like stirring or disturbing the water).
> 
> Where was I going again?  ^_^;;
> 
> Laters. =)
> 
>            Stan

Wow. Always an educational experience posting here. :D Anyway, I just
noticed my ADV/Manga DVD of episode 24 has half of that scene blacked
out!! Weak. Anyway, as zedisdead pointed out a week ago, Asuka's wrists
are bandaged at the start of EoE, which pretty much settles it in my
mind.

JA