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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (59453)9/22/2002 8:35:55 PM
From: J. C. Dithers  Respond to of 82486
 
Quicksand was prominent in movies of that era.

Yes, they were great scenes. The bad guy would run out on quicksand, and would be sucked down screaming (coward!) and flailing. His eyes would disappear and only his hat or helmet would be left floating. Boy did he deserve it.

From what I've I've read, since quicksand is only thick water, if you just relax and lay on your back, you can gently paddle yourself back to firm ground.

The bad guys were always too stupid to know that.



To: Lane3 who wrote (59453)9/23/2002 10:53:53 AM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
You realize that the whole quicksand thing is a fiction, don't you?

I mean, yes, there is quicksand, but no, you can't be swallowed up in it. Your body is ligher than the wet sand, so when it gets to an equilibrium level, you stop sinking. And that's well before your head would go under.

Plus almost all quicksand patches are only a few feet deep.


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