# What Else Floats? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387 "2012-08-13T16:50:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387/21 "2012-08-13T20:44:38Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > You know those big things in parades that look like something weird and people stand on? Those are really poorly named. > > I’m banned from Macy’s for life. They should totally call them ‘sinks’. It would just save a step and make everyone’s like that much easier. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387/22 "2012-08-13T20:46:13Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > Anything that displaces enough water floats. Here are concrete ships: [Concrete ship - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_ship) If you fill the boat with concrete, it’ll displace the same amount of water and sink. Density isn’t only about volume. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387/23 "2012-08-13T22:10:44Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > Huh? Sodium is about twice as dense as water. > > [Google](https://www.google.com/webhp?rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS400&sourceid=chrome-instant&ie=UTF-8&ion=1#hl=en&sugexp=les%3Beqn%2Ccconf%3D1.0%2Cmin_length%3D2%2Crate_low%3D0.025%2Crate_high%3D0.025%2Csecond_pass%3Dfalse%2Cnum_suggestions%3D2%2Cignore_bad_origquery%3Dtrue&gs_nf=1&tok=Q7bKC52Colf9gYWNVtB7jw&cp=17&gs_id=d&xhr=t&q=density+of+sodium&pf=p&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS400&biw=849&bih=792&sclient=psy-ab&oq=density+of+sodium&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=dda7f10f8fe32635&ion=1) Google for some reason (wiretapping perhaps?) thinks you are looking for Sodium Hydroxide which is 2.17 g/mL in density. The correct number is 0.97 g/mL. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387/24 "2012-08-13T22:23:21Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > We all float down here! Dammit! Now all I’ve got is sorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387/25 "2012-08-14T03:15:00Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > We all float down here! > [@Neidhart](#): > > Hope! Dammit! Both my answers taken! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387/26 "2012-08-14T03:16:32Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Dammit! > > Now all I’ve got is sorrow. And there goes the trifecta. (should Sorrow be capitalized?) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387/27 "2012-08-14T03:20:20Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Hope! Not mine. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387/28 "2012-08-14T05:08:28Z")
Shit! ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387/29 "2012-08-14T23:10:31Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Shit! I found this amazing floating rock in the sea once as a kid. My dad made me chuck it away. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387/30 "2012-08-15T02:53:23Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Shit! Amazing how the same ass can put out floaters and sinkers. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387/31 "2012-08-15T11:39:24Z")
I know Stainless Steel Sinks - they have a sign in the kitchen showroom saying so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-floats/631387.md?page=1)