Friday, July 01, 2011

Still Wondering

Why don’t raindrops hurt? I know they’re just tiny drops of water, but they DO fall from clouds several miles up in the air. I would think anything that travels that far picking up that amount of velocity would be lethal, no? You always hear “oh, if a penny is dropped from the top of the Empire State Building it will drive into your skull and push you through the sidewalk straight thru to China, where you’ll be crushed like an accordion but still the best driver around.” Seems like a drop of liquid dropped from 6 miles up would be as damaging. Ah well. Keep in mind, I am an idiot.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

haha, "crushed like an accordian, but still the best driver around." Okay, I'd just as soon as take a penny in the head from the Empire State Building, than ride on the back of a Harley at 40 mph with rain drops drilling needle holes through my face.