To: flyervet
Even a watermelon won't split like a watermelon when dropped from a height of six inches.
Methinks a few brews had gone around when that story was told.
To: justshutupandtakeit
I don't think the story was "He split as a watermelon would if a watermelon were dropped from 6-inches" However, I can clearly recount an episode where I cracked a ripe watermelon open from that height when I was trying to get it into the produce bin of my refrigerator. What a mess. Besides, I'll hazard that the unfortunate man was somewhat taller and heavier than a watermelon, and that the forces involved would indeed result in more severe damage to heavy jello in a stretched membrane, than to a wiry geezer dropped from a greater height.
22 posted on
03/28/2002 8:36:19 AM PST by
SarahW
To: justshutupandtakeit
I don't think the story was "He split as a watermelon would if a watermelon were dropped from 6-inches" However, I can clearly recount an episode where I cracked a ripe watermelon open from that height when I was trying to get it into the produce bin of my refrigerator. What a mess. Besides, I'll hazard that the unfortunate man was somewhat taller and heavier than a watermelon, and that the forces involved would indeed result in more severe damage to heavy jello in a stretched membrane, than to a wiry geezer dropped from a greater height.
23 posted on
03/28/2002 8:36:52 AM PST by
SarahW
To: justshutupandtakeit
Lord knows something went around that day!
55 posted on
03/28/2002 2:27:25 PM PST by
flyervet
To: justshutupandtakeit;SarahW;RipSawyer;All
Somebody page Gallagher so we can get this watermelon thing settled once and for all!
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