Scientifically Speaking Groaner

He spends weeks sterilizing all his equipment to make sure there is no contamination and finally loads the machine up, takes it to the required position, sets the chronograph for one hour prior to the historic event and presses the start button.

Upon arrival he finds the correct rock pool and sets his equipment in place After 45 minutes he is ready to record everything. He waits patiently, his excitement growing but as the time approaches the five minute mark he realizes that nothing is happening. The pool is still, there are no chemical reactions. There is no storm overhead, no lightning, nothing that could act as a catalyst.

He sits down and opens a container of drink and thinks. Are his calculations wrong? Is he in the wrong spot? The clock is ticking away and rapidly approaching the allotted time. There are 30 seconds to go when a nearby volcanic vent hisses and startles him and he jumps to his feet, knocking his drink over.

Slowly the terrible realization comes over him that the drink has contaminated the pool. Horrified he grabs the container and rights it, but then his attention is drawn to the fact that the time has passed and his equipment is chattering away recording changes in the pools chemistry, that the first amino-acids are being formed, and that the event is taking place as it should do.

Amazed he looks at the container and reads the advertising slogan on the side

"Coke adds life. . . "