Wednesday, December 12, 2007

The Weight of Water

Do you ever sit there and think about ridiculous things? How about not getting sleep because you just thought about something crazy? My brain refuses to shut down when I try to go to sleep especially during this finals week.

What if the land and water switched places on the earth instantly? Imagine just hangin' out in your favorite state, and all of a sudden the oceans and continents switched places. North America turns into the Atlantic and the Atlantic turns into North America.

How ridiculous would that be? What about the people on the shore? How weird would it be to be standing on the beach looking out at the ocean, and then you blink your eyes and the ocean is now land and the beach and land behind you is now water.

What about the people out in the middle of the ocean? If the water switched to land, they could end up on top of a skyscraper or mountain. Strange...

Living so far inland in Oklahoma, I would probably be dead. Unless I could swim to the nearest lake. Still it would be so shocking and confusing that most people would panic and end up drowning. Wow, this turned really morbid, o well...

Be careful, it could happen. Always keep a boat near you just in case.

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