# What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237 "2005-08-02T01:05:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StaberindeMk2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@StaberindeMk2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StaberindeMk2)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/1 "2005-08-02T01:05:29Z")
This is an interesting brain-teaser that I came across. There is one official answer that I’m thinking of but I’m sure there are other “correct” answers. Just wondering if anybody can get it. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/2 "2005-08-02T01:14:23Z")
The Universe explodes. Duh. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/3 "2005-08-02T01:16:31Z")
The question itself is nonsensical. If there is an unstoppable force, there can be, by definition, no immovable object, and vice-versa. ---
**Author:** ![Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_Handle_the_Truth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/4 "2005-08-02T01:27:11Z")
> [@StaberindeMk2](#): > > This is an interesting brain-teaser that I came across. Really? It’s almost the oldest riddle in history. Dude, you gotta do better than that! ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/5 "2005-08-02T01:28:35Z")
When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, Jesus microwaves a burrito so hot that even _he_ can’t eat it. It helps him think. ---
**Author:** ![Farmwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@Farmwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmwoman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/6 "2005-08-02T01:31:43Z")
Wait… Is this the one about the Jehovah’s Witness and the Baptist that walk into a bar? ---
**Author:** ![StaberindeMk2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@StaberindeMk2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StaberindeMk2)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/7 "2005-08-02T01:55:43Z")
> [@Can Handle the Truth](#): > > Really? It’s almost the oldest riddle in history. Dude, you gotta do better than that! Well everyone has to come across things for the first time. It was a new one for me. _shrug_ (It was the central question in “Walking on Glass” by Iain Banks and had about a hundred different answers which is why I thought it would be interesting to see what people here would come up with) _double shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![surlyprince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surlyprince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surlyprince)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/8 "2005-08-02T02:44:45Z")
If nothing sticks to Teflon, and Super Glue sticks to everything… ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/9 "2005-08-02T03:08:47Z")
What, exactly, is this force’s transmission medium? Ether, perhaps? :dubious: A frickin’ laser beam? ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/10 "2005-08-02T03:17:38Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/11 "2005-08-02T03:19:37Z")
Ok I’ve got it. If an unstoppable burrito, covered in super glue, meets an immovable microwave, covered in teflon, can Jesus still eat it? ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/12 "2005-08-02T03:35:45Z")
The universe is expanding. There is no such thing as an immovable object. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/13 "2005-08-02T03:38:05Z")
> [@](#): > > What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Easy. Penis ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/14 "2005-08-02T03:39:15Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Ok I’ve got it. > If an unstoppable burrito, covered in super glue, meets an immovable microwave, covered in teflon, can Jesus still eat it? Only if he believes. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/15 "2005-08-02T03:49:36Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Only if he believes. But if Jesus doesn’t believe in himself, is it blasphemy? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/16 "2005-08-02T03:49:44Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Only if he believes. He does. Or, well he did. But only for 20 minutes, back in 1960. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/17 "2005-08-02T07:17:06Z")
I burning your brain-teaser. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/18 "2005-08-02T08:39:58Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > But if Jesus doesn’t believe in himself, is it blasphemy? Hell, yeah. And that’s what I would do if I were God. _Q-Ball scratches_ But if he _does_ believe, and eats the burrito, it would be sacrilicious. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/19 "2005-08-02T12:32:01Z")
Well, in Madden '05 right after he says that, you hit “X” to skip the replay and move on to pick the next play. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237/20 "2005-08-02T12:38:50Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, Jesus microwaves a burrito so hot that even _he_ can’t eat it. . I’ve said this before, I’ll say it again. Jesus can eat the largest Hottest burrito that he made for himself and the results were the Big Bang. 🆒 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-an-unstoppable-force-meets-an-immovable-object/315237.md?page=2)