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Push |
Monday, 30 July 2001 |
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There is no such thing as pulling. There is only pushing. To demonstrate the thesis, I hook a finger inside a salad bowl and push it towards me. The guests at the regulars' lunch table pause in their lunch to digest this. | ||||||
Yes, but, what if you put a string around the bowl? |
The string would push the back of the bowl. |
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Yes, yes, but how about pulling with a sucker? |
The air on the inside of the bowl pushes harder than the relative vacuum of the sucker. |
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Hmm, how about putting both sucker and bowl into a complete vacuum? |
The sucker won't stick. |
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Hmm, hmm, how about attaching a string with a cellotape? |
It took me some time to digest this option.
But I've found the answer:
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I maintain my thesis
There is no such thing as pulling. There is only pushing.and say goodbye to the regulars at the lunch table with a cryptic riddle for insiders: What pushes a Verseput (verseput.com) towards Schiphol airport (schiphol.nl)? |
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Mr. Verseput, congratulations on the succesful landing. Welcome home! | ||||||
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