Pool of Skittles: Inquiring minds want to know

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Pool of Skittles: Inquiring minds want to know

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Azkarin wrote:I had a random question that usually turns into a large debate so I thought I'd bring it to BG for answers.

Imagine the deep end of a pool that is 15ft deep. Imagine that it is completely drained of water and instead filled to the top with Skittles. Now what are yalls opinion on the following questions?
  1. Could you walk across it without falling into it? Would you sink to the bottom of just go down a bit?
  2. If you were to sink to the bottom, could you swim your way to the top?
  3. Would you suffocate at the bottom of the pool?
I think you would sink part way into the pool. Definitely far enough to cover your head. I don't think you could swim back up and would eventually die of suffocation due to the lack of fresh air around you to breath.
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Neosutra wrote:If arguing skittle physics on a video game forum is nerdy and wrong, I dont want to be right.
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VLSmooth wrote:
Azkarin wrote:I had a random question that usually turns into a large debate so I thought I'd bring it to BG for answers.

Imagine the deep end of a pool that is 15ft deep. Imagine that it is completely drained of water and instead filled to the top with Skittles. Now what are yalls opinion on the following questions?
  1. Could you walk across it without falling into it? Would you sink to the bottom of just go down a bit?
  2. If you were to sink to the bottom, could you swim your way to the top?
  3. Would you suffocate at the bottom of the pool?
I think you would sink part way into the pool. Definitely far enough to cover your head. I don't think you could swim back up and would eventually die of suffocation due to the lack of fresh air around you to breath.
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argh they won't reset my password so i can log on again.
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Dwindlehop wrote:argh they won't reset my password so i can log on again.
I made sure to log off to see if I could access the threads. I didn't know passwords were required?
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Dwindlehop wrote:argh they won't reset my password so i can log on again.
=is work related. must waste more time on timewasters.
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