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Gravity, Not Just a Good Idea, but the Law! (of Physics!!)

So, here we have two different groups who think the laws of the physics don’t apply to them.

First, the Bose Wave Radio people have a radio spot that claims that the sound from the Bose is so good, it defies the laws of physics. If think the absurdity of that statement is self-evident, so I will just leave it at that. I can not find the radio clip, but here is a copy of the review.

Second, we have a woman in Joliet who seems to have forgotten that gas particles expand as the evaporate. Here is a summary I wrote for my submission to the Darwin Awards:

It appears that a 27-year old Joliet woman is quite evolutionary challenged, but she continues on. At some point on the night of August 27th, the woman in question decided to travel to the gas station to fill her can. While at the gas station, our herione didn't want to put the gas can on the ground, so as to ground all of the pesky electrons. Rather she left it on the plush seats in her car in the hopes that the friction between the plastic and the upholstery would kick up some extra electrons that might help her get some light to see whether or not her can was full. Well, that plan backfired, and she was not getting the light she needed. Fortunately she found her pocket ligther and checked the inside of the can. Well, this ignited the whole thing on fire. Now, realizing that this may be an concern, the young woman pushed her can 5 feet in order to keep the pump from blowing up while her car was destroyed thus ensuring her potential to breed. If asked afterwards, one could only assume she would say that she saw gas in the can. Submitted on 08/29/2009 Submitted by: Peter Kupfer

Slush Pile: For Want of a CFL via kwout

Again, I am really not sure if I can add any more to this story, but the phrase, “You can’t make this stuff up,” comes to mind.  Seriously, why would someone do this? It just boggles the mind.

The bottom line here folks is, don’t mess with physics. With a knowledge of physics you can control the world. Now a fun video from my two favorite physicists.

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