Unstoppable Force v. Immovable Object (another cage match)

I dunno, just seemed appropriate. :smiley:

Esprix, who hasn’t even read the “Forever vs. Never” thread

The unstoppable force stops, the immovable object moves.

Either there is an unstoppable force, or there is an immovable object. The two cannot both exist.

ummm… a class 5 tornado versus mount everest?

Unstoppable force stores up energy at collision and decides to move on in another direction.

Example: Racquet ball against concrete wall.

Oh yeah? Try explaining it to the backers of this particular WWF slugfest!

“Let’s get rrrrrrrready to rrrrrrrrrumble!”

Esprix

Vandal:

Well, you might get to see what Mount Everest looks like underneath all that snow. But, pretty much, you still have a mountain after it’s over.

My own favorite:
Duck Hook:

Still, couldn’t you quibble that “unstoppable” would preclude being redirected like that?
I suppose if you’re talkign about absolutes, then Revtim is right. The two are mutually exclusive.

…Which takes all the fun out of it. :smiley:

inkblot

my .02cr

You can't have either. Unstoppable force? Any force will run out of energy over time. Immovable object? when you get down to it, everything moves in the scope of the universe. Just up your frame of reference a little and you'll see that mount everest does move quite quickly, by reason of being attached to an orbiting planet.

When an irresistible force strikes an immovable object, what happens is an inconceivable event.

Simple. They’ll annihilate each other upon contact, kinda like matter-antimatter.

But then the force will have been stopped and the object moved :smiley:

Zev Steinhardt

I don’t know what would happen, but it would probably end in -gry.

It would probably park on a parkway and drive on a driveway, too.

I think your logic is correct that there is no unmovable object.

But I wonder if you can consider entropy an unstoppable force? I’m not sure if you can call it a force or not, though.

Immovable object wins, 20-19 on a last second Field Goal miss by the unstoppable force. A detailed scientific proof of this was authored in 1990 by Bill Parcells and Bill Belichek (sp?).

You misspelled “Marv Levy.” Hope this helps. :smiley:

No, Marv Levy was decidedly of the opinion that the unstoppable force should win. Bill Belichek (damn, I’m sure that’s horribly misspelled) was the Giants’ defensive coordinator at the time.

I hate you all.

Sorry. I know who Bill Bellichek (Bellichik?) is; I just thought you were naming the representatives of both the force and the object. My mistake.

I’ve got a nickel riding on the unstoppable force. Who wants odds?

I think they sort of meld together and become either an Unstoppable Object or an Immovable Force.