"No. Um, well, ordinarily when you make glue first you need to thermoset your resin and then after it cools you have to mix in an epoxide, which is really just a fancy-schmancy name for any simple oxygenated adhesive, right? And then I thought maybe, just maybe, you could raise the viscosity by adding a complex glucose derivative during the emulsification process and it turns out I was right."From Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
According to IMDb, this is one of five movies that uses the word viscosity in the screenplay. The book ReAction!: Chemistry in the Movies by Griep and Mikasen says this movie covers the chemistry of sticky notes.
I love that quote and the scene is great too. As I noted in our book, this famous movie about nothing uses invention as its subtext. Heather Mooney invents the quick-burning paper in Lady Fair cigarettes. Sandy Frink "invented some kind of special rubber that's used in every tennis shoe in North America". And, of course, Romy & Michele claim to have invented Post-It Notes.
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