• xkcd: Siphon

    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 12 16:29:40 2023
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    xkcd: Siphon
    https://xkcd.com/2775/

    Nope, toilets still flush here in South Texas.

    Explained at:
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2775:_Siphon

    Lynn

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  • From Freezer@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 13 04:57:45 2023
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    If I don't reply to this Lynn McGuire post, the terroists win.

    xkcd: Siphon
    https://xkcd.com/2775/

    Nope, toilets still flush here in South Texas.

    Explained at:
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2775:_Siphon

    Lynn


    Imagine the chaos if such contradictory physics could be "patched
    out?" Ice stops floating. The Mpemba effect disappears. The
    Leidenfrost effect. Non-Newtonian fluids. All just stopped.

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to Freezer on Sat May 13 14:26:18 2023
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    On 5/13/23 12:57 AM, Freezer wrote:
    If I don't reply to this Lynn McGuire post, the terroists win.

    xkcd: Siphon
    https://xkcd.com/2775/

    Nope, toilets still flush here in South Texas.

    Explained at:
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2775:_Siphon

    Lynn


    Imagine the chaos if such contradictory physics could be "patched
    out?" Ice stops floating. The Mpemba effect disappears. The
    Leidenfrost effect. Non-Newtonian fluids. All just stopped.

    Ice stops floating? Everybody dies when the oceans freeze from the
    bottom up.

    --
    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

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