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I dropped a drinking glass on the hardwood floor today and it did not break. Should I go buy lottery tickets? ~


Posted - October 13, 2019

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  • 10634
    I wouldn't be in too big of hurry there.  The NGI (National Gravitational Institute) was conducting random gravity tests today.  During these tests, small random sized spheres of gravity are modified.  Its likely that you experienced one of these spheres.  It is possible that a glass item inside one of these spheres wouldn't hit the ground as hard as one outside the sphere, thus not breaking.   
      October 13, 2019 9:50 PM MDT
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  • 44602
    They are charlatans. They can only produce oblate spheroids. This post was edited by Element 99 at October 14, 2019 9:07 AM MDT
      October 14, 2019 8:45 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Just means somebody finally developed a formula for unbreakable wine and drinking glasses. Good for them.I worked on that for a few years myself but could never quite get it right. 
      October 13, 2019 10:20 PM MDT
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  • 53503
    Well, in this case it was regular glass. We bought a set of eight glasses, and over the years three of them shattered under similar circumstances that befell this one, which is why I’m surprised it survived. 
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      October 14, 2019 8:14 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    No.  
      October 13, 2019 11:26 PM MDT
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  • 6988
    Some 30 odd years ago, I threw an object behind my back,  20 feet, off a wall, and into a trash can. 2 points?  No way. One in a million shot that was. However, 20 years later, I found a lottery ticket that was blowing across my lawn. I grabbed the offending litter and looked at it. I had never played the lottery so I rubbed off all the numbers that the previous player had failed to do. It was a winner!  Well, $2 anyway.
      October 14, 2019 6:35 AM MDT
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  • 53503

      In that case, I’m going to take you with me when I go to the lottery office.

    (Wait, on second thought, maybe I shouldn’t . . . )


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      October 14, 2019 8:04 AM MDT
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  • 44602
    Sure. Why not? It's only two bucks. How much did the glass cost?
      October 14, 2019 8:50 AM MDT
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  • 53503

      A set of eight glasses over a few years ago?  I don’t know how much it cost then, nor do I know today’s price brand new. Maybe $7.99 plus tax. 


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      October 14, 2019 6:34 PM MDT
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  • 44602
      October 14, 2019 9:31 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    I never knew glasses could drink, it's my bet that it had a hole in it somewhere or you were using it upside down again....
    Its a common habit in Australia or NewZealand so the Natural Blonde Association tells it members going to those countries....  :( 
      October 14, 2019 9:57 PM MDT
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