# A Demonstration of Gravity! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429 "2004-01-14T19:19:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/1 "2004-01-14T19:19:04Z")
Prepare to be \*\*amazed \*\* as this thread so deftly exhibits the principles of **gravity**! That’s right folks, just like my other threads, this one will drop straight off the page, before your very eyes! Ever wonder what the constant g equals? Well, now you can find out! Simply take out your stopwatch, and stop and watch as this very posting **sinks** like a stone! That’s right, it will **plummet** like J Lo’s box office standing! **Tumble** like Dubya on a Segway! Get **buried** faster than a White House investigation! Other threads from your’s truly have had some distracting other purpose, like sharing amusing news, or getting a question answered, but this special \*\*one-time \*\* thread is completely dedicated to descending into the depths of **oblivion**! So, watch your toes, watch this thread, and be **astounded** by this **wonder** of Newtonian physics! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/2 "2004-01-14T23:10:18Z")
I’ve polarised the hull plating, Captain. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olive_The_Other_Reindeer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/3 "2004-01-14T23:32:32Z")
And, how about next time discussing its opposite, comedy? ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/4 "2004-01-15T00:53:38Z")
Way to go \*\*NoClueBoy and Olive, The Other Reindeer \*\* now you’ve messed up the demonstration. It’s thanks to people like you that progress in the sciences is so slow. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/5 "2004-01-15T02:06:59Z")
You think we are not smart We _are_ smart ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/6 "2004-01-15T02:12:41Z")
Olive, love the username NoClue, love the boy 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/7 "2004-01-15T02:31:14Z")
Love the sinner, not the sin? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/8 "2004-01-15T02:49:52Z")
:rolleyes: \<-- balloon filled with helium. ---
**Author:** ![Circe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@Circe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Circe)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/9 "2004-01-15T02:50:08Z")
Why does everyone give Newton credit? It’s his apple that discovered gravity. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/10 "2004-01-15T02:50:10Z")
Our love is not a sin! :o ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/11 "2004-01-15T02:59:19Z")
;j _i hate the 10 character minimum!_ ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/12 "2004-01-15T03:11:57Z")
You are all educated stupid! ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/13 "2004-01-15T04:17:40Z")
“I canna give ye any more sair, the wee bairns, they’re tryin to integrate General Relativity with Quantum Mechanics, and the infinities, they aren’t renormalizin’”! “Your emotional outburst is highly illogical…I suggest inputting the relevant variables into an M-Theory matrix.” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/14 "2004-01-15T05:26:14Z")
[singing off-key] [Up in the air, Junior Birdmen](http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?prod_id=3451); [Up in the air, upside down](http://www.geocities.com/old_crashdummy/103.html), [Up in the air, Junior Birdmen](http://www.richardbasehart.com/birdmen1.html); [With your noses to the ground](http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa031000b.htm). [/singing off-key] ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/15 "2004-01-15T08:38:34Z")
You have 300 posts why don’t I recognize your username? Did you change it recently? If not, that might be helpful in determining why your threads tend to sink. 😕 Ironically, your gravity experiment doesn’t seem to be working. 😃 Anyway cheer up, you’re not the only one to have had [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=233605) [die](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=223647) with so few responses. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/16 "2004-01-15T08:41:04Z")
> [@cityboy916](#): > > …you’re not the only one to have had threads die with so few responses. …which I assume is what this is about since I don’t remember any of your other OPs :o and the search function has been down for maintenance… ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/17 "2004-01-15T10:41:29Z")
There is no such thing as gravity. The Earth sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/18 "2004-01-15T14:36:54Z")
It’s not that this thread will drop to the ground. In reality, it’s the earth just moving up very rapidly to meet the thread. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/19 "2004-01-15T22:55:25Z")
Technically, the thread and the Earth move towards a common center of gravity. 😃 Ah, here are the other [two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=234755) [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=215295) I was looking for. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429/20 "2004-01-15T23:59:10Z")
Destiny! Destiny! No escaping this for me! Carry on. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-demonstration-of-gravity/224429.md?page=2)