Free Floating

 

We all recall from elementary science classes that gravity is the result of the earth’s rotation.  I was reminded the other night of the consequences of what would occur should that rotation stop.

It was raining furiously  while I was at a department store with my adult son shopping for a gift for his girlfriend and overheard a clerk comment about the downpour.

“It’s really coming down out there” she observed.

“We would all be in a world of hurt if it were going the other direction” I found myself blurting out.

Would that be a universal rapture?

 

 

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9 thoughts on “Free Floating”

  1. Your story made me think of the olde classic, buttered toast always landing butter side down and now I have to go and try figure out why that happens. See you next year folks!

  2. You remind me of snarky Uncle I once had. who would tut if ever I complained that food was too hot.

    “Well, it’s just come out of the oven. You’d be surprised what cookinng your dinner entails”.

    So, I now have no choice but to tell YOU, what I often told him, in response…

    Can I borrow a 20 please?

    1. Ha, ha. Good one Neal.

      I think my response to the store clerk was simply a dislike for cliches

  3. Gravity is playing havoc on my skin. But if I lost my jowls, I’d have horns. Not sure free floating would help much.

    1. It appears to be a lose/lose proposition for those of us who undergo such “life changes” Theresa.

    1. Yes, I wouldn’t want to get out of the habit either of taking something for granted that is supposed to be a given. Better to focus on things I can control. 🙂

    1. Yes, if this became a reality we would find ourselves worried about the effects stated in that great song by Tom Petty, “Free Falling”

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