250 Pounds of Silly Putty at Google

by Scott Beale on December 30, 2005 · 9 comments

Silly Putty

Google Associate Product Manager Clay Bavor was “curious to see what 250 pounds of Silly Putty would look like”.

The problem was that once together, Silly Putty doesn’t like to come apart, and none of us had any idea of how to deal with this effect. We tried everything: very strong people (didn’t work), scissors (stabbing worked, slicing didn’t), 28-gauge steel wire (broke), 22-gauge steel wire (broke), 16-gauge steel wire (too thick), and twisting and breaking (worked well for “smaller” pieces — under five pounds, that is.)

via Google Blog

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1 Jim Fourniadis December 31, 2005 at 9:58 am

Am I the only person who is a little freaked out by that much silly putty?

oh and by the way, SP is a viscous fluid, just set it up on a sutface with a hole, and it will trickle down slowly, in effect pouring it into smaller shapes.

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2 Brandon March 29, 2006 at 9:06 am

lucky silly putty FRIGGIN ROCKS!!! lol

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3 robyn October 18, 2007 at 4:31 am

erm random but what the hell is silly putty i dont think we get it here is it like playdoh?

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4 Robert Getz February 3, 2008 at 5:35 pm

O_O
>_<
O_O
Holy CRAP!
I don’t know why but I wouldn’t mind having that much silly putty!
Make a HUGE ball out of it and then drop it off of a building…
see if it bounces or splats…hmmmmm Interesing…

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5 mandi k October 6, 2008 at 5:03 pm

i like that i am doing a report on peter hodson and he creaed silly putty i go to pershing middle school im in 6thh grade and i am on the voegers team

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6 Kamelea October 24, 2009 at 10:52 am

actually James Wright created silly putty

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7 avrillavinge October 6, 2008 at 5:18 pm

i am a person that has a account on this cusse i am a ganster

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8 avrillavinge October 6, 2008 at 5:19 pm

hey get on neopets and lookup maddie_101_101_101 and neomail me there

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9 Jeff June 23, 2009 at 8:20 am

Have any left? I ordered 800$ worth a couple weeks ago and I’m running low. I love putty but I jealous of how much you have.

“We must regularly stop what we are doing and devote our attention to silly putty.”

“Love is the most important thing in the world, but silly putty is pretty good, too.”

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