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Gravity Is Not Just Pulling On *Your* Face

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Earth's Gravitational Pull Is Creating Bulges on the Moon - The Wire
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Thanks, Tbird. I've been saying for years that "gravity" is widely misunderstood and misinterpreted.
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Not forgetting the moon has gravity as well which explains the mysterious bulge I am getting in the stomach area in recent years, it also explains Claude's shape.

      But now at least we both know it's not excess food or lack of exercise, its the pull of the moon!

      Simple science
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Thanks, Tbird. I've been saying for years that "gravity" is widely misunderstood and misinterpreted.
      Yeah, even Albert Einstein struggled with gravity.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    The gravity of the moon also pulls on water, don't forget - and it's not only ocean tides that are effected. There is an old idea that people are much less sane when the moon is full, and although some people will discount that thought as an old wives-tale, many in the service industries that deal directly with people will tell you there's truth to it.

    I guess that means if you are fat, saggy, and occasionally insane, you can blame it on water weight and the moon.
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    • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      The gravity of the moon also pulls on water, don't forget - and it's not only ocean tides that are effected. There is an old idea that people are much less sane when the moon is full, and although some people will discount that thought as an old wives-tale, many in the service industries that deal directly with people will tell you there's truth to it.

      I guess that means if you are fat, saggy, and occasionally insane, you can blame it on water weight and the moon.
      These days there is not a statistically significant difference between full moon and non-full moon
      customers. The non-full moon customers have caught up. Sunday bar and hotel customers seem
      to be pulling ahead though.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      I guess that means if you are fat, saggy, and occasionally insane, you can blame it on water weight and the moon.
      Hey! Who are you calling Saggy?!
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        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        Hey! Who are you calling Saggy?!
        Should I have said "soggy"?
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

          Should I have said "soggy"?

          Ok, I admit it....I've been Saggy for 8 years...and Soggy for 3 years.

          Soon, I'll be Slurpy....

          Eventually, I'll just be slobbery....and then I'll fade away into slumbery.

          Last night, my wife woke up and said "Look Honey, it's a full moon out tonight. Oh, Sorry...it's just you standing in front of the window".

          I cry myself to sleep every night.
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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            Ok, I admit it....I've been Saggy for 8 years...and Soggy for 3 years.

            Soon, I'll be Slurpy....

            Eventually, I'll just be slobbery....and then I'll fade away into slumbery.

            Last night, my wife woke up and said "Look Honey, it's a full moon out tonight. Oh, Sorry...it's just you standing in front of the window".

            I cry myself to sleep every night.
            While playing Claude De Lune no doubt.

            Just about done with all the Claude derivatives. Only one left. Praise the Laude. Master of the Multiverse.
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      There is an old idea that people are much less sane when the moon is full, and although some people will discount that thought as an old wives-tale, many in the service industries that deal directly with people will tell you there's truth to it.
      That's where we get the word luna(r)tic from.
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