Am I the only one that thought this company was ScanDisk?
It’s SAN not SCAN. I have no less than 15 of these things floating around in various electronics, and I would have bet money on the name…and lost. Which explains why I don’t gamble and why I began to question all that I thought I knew about the world around me.
I have more than you.
Strange things are happening at my house, and my dusty, science thinking-cap (if you can call it that) was reinstated in order to sleuth out an explanation.
Usually having more of something is a good thing not to mention bragging rights. This is not the case.
I have a surplus of gravity at my house.
In a world full of fascinating scientific-breakthroughs, I never imagined I would find myself in the middle of a NOVA episode, and I’m not sure what to wear. Things fall to the floor way above the national average on a daily basis in a Bermuda Triangle type phenomenon. No boring statistical charts are necessary to uncover the facts.
Observances of this physical phenomena
On any given day you can find 4-10 pens/pencils laying on the floor around the house. I’ve never been to anyone else’s home and seen a pen on the floor, so simple logic dictates that something different is happening here.
People aren’t just walking through the house and dropping a pen without noticing. Right?
This is clearly closely-related to string theory, the persistent clinging of strings to the floor, sweaters and the dog.
The Stronger pull of gravity explains many things:
Why lying on my side on the floor innocently playing Barbies with little one looks more like a nap. I simply cannot fight gravity that close to the epicenter of strength.
Why I’m so sore from my workout yesterday and can barely lift my legs. Laughing? Well you try doing squats with extra gravity. It’s like adding 15lb weights in your hands.
Towels that ever so slightly overhang the shelf are pulled to the bottom of the linen closet in mass quantities.
I’m beginning to understand what Sheldon is talking about in “Big Bang Theory“.
Whiter Towels
F = G(mass1*mass2)/D squared.
OK everyone get out your Physics textbooks and turn to page 55 please.
Note: There is no college credit available for reading this article.
Oh the irony that his hair defies the laws of gravity.
This explains why the bathroom’s linen closet is a mess (deformed space) and why my towels are looking brighter (light deflected into them).
Suddenly it all makes sense.
Got extra gravity?
Something else is going on at your house or at least in your computer! Your post time says 9:35am, but I’m reading it at 9:10am. Your time has been speeded up! You are being cheated.
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Interesting Melinda, I’ll bet Einstein had never been to your house. I did some checking and pulled out my beachball globe and noticed that Florida is near the bottom of North America – I guess when we drop things from all they way up here in the North-East, they fall all the way down I-95 and some of my pencils reach the floor in your house.
I wonder how long they take them to make the trip – you may be finding pencils that I dropped years ago. Einstein was right – his theory has to do with “relatives. ”
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LOL!!!!!!!! I was eating some cereal while reading your comment and almost choked. Just brilliant and it all makes so much sense now. I need a ruler…so if you could be so kind as to drop on in the coming week.
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dropped my ruler – you’ll recognize it came from me since it’s printed with the metric system
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LOL!
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Ahhh… itinerant gravity wells, possibly caused by collisions between alternate universes. Beware, this may also open gateways through which Byzantine demi-gods can enter your linen closet.
Please keep us informed!
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Ha ha what a way to say that!
I like your theory.
You might be able to explain why I have to sweep up 1/4 of a cup of sand from my hardwood floors each morning.
It appears that my husband who is construction and who works hip high in the stuff – brings it home each evening – it’s either that or the dog has fly-paper paws.
I just don’t understand why it is sucked to the floor, after all, when “I “am around sand – it finds a special place to hide.
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Oh sand and hardwood floors. I had that problem when I lived in NC.
Wow, very clever post! Do you have theories every single day? All I know is that gravity is not responsible for people falling in love. Thanks for sharing!
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Am I the only one who thought you asked for extra GRAVY? I love this clear, simple exlanation for why stuff falls in your house.
But, could it be more? How about spirits in the 4th dimension? Or Gladys Knight in the 5th? (She collided with Beethoven, who now decomposes in the 9th!)
Something has to explain how all the toilet paper came off the roll last night…
Cheers,
Mitch
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Dang. Got hit with a Pip. I meant Marilyn McCoo.
Cheers,
Mitch
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ha ha One of Gladys’ Pips? Love those dimensions.
Ah, so it’s gravity that I can blame for my pains and for the fact that somehow I’ve lost an inch in height, bringing me below 6′ once more. Cursed science and unseen powers that be; they need to leave me alone!
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TY ! Now I know it isn’t just me with extra gravity.
Hi Melinda! Do you have children or child perhaps in your home? That explains why there are lots of pens and pencils scattered in your floor.. I wish I can blame the gravity too seeing my closet with unfolded tees (it was folded 2 days ago).
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Maybe you just don’t remember that gravity was coming from you Benson LOL!!!
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I’m convinced that there is a gravity well in my dryer that pulls socks into a mini-black hole. This implies that, in a parallel universe or perhaps in this one, there is a mini-white hole that emits socks. I would like to find such a sock-emitting white hole on this world and make a fortune, assuming alien socks would fit alright.
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I’ve been noticing similar strange events, too. For example, about half of the ornaments are lying on the floor under the Christmas tree. It could be increased gravity, or it might be that cat again.
I’m glad Mitch corrected himself on the Gladys Knight thing. I was just about to go look up the Fifth Dimension.
And ScanDisk definitely sounds better. If you decide to organize a raid on their corporate offices in order to change the name, I hope you’ll include me.
Another great post, Melinda. Happy New Year!
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hi Melinda.
F = G(mass1*mass2)/D squared. it is really nice.
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