Amazing displays of ignoranceSandettie Light Vessel Automatic tells us: "My dad's friend told us there's no such thing as gravity - it's just the weight of air holding us down". Tell us of times you've been floored by abject stupidity. "Whenever I read the Daily Express" is not a valid answer.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 16:48)
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My explanation was far more technical."The water's trying to fly through the bottom of the bucket and away from your shoulder, not being attracted to your shoulder which is the what's spinning. If your shoulder was the centre of the earth and we were water, we'd all try to fly away from the ground, not stick to it." Or words to that effect, with a few hiccups in between. He just looked at me funny.
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baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Fri 19 Mar 2010, 20:44,
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