1038: Fountain

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Fountain

Title text: Implausible, did you say? Sorry, couldn't quite hear you from all the way up heeeeeeeeere!

Explanation

This comic is about how it's considered implausible to "fly" by positioning an umbrella under a water jet. However, with a strong enough jet of water, a powerful enough umbrella, and a sure grip, such an event is physically plausible (although you'd risk ripping your arm off).

Transcript

[A wannabe Mary Poppins heads to a fountain with three massive water jets while holding an umbrella]

[Cueball splashes through the pond]

[Cueball gets to one of the jets]

[Cueball opens up the umbrella]

[Cueball swings umbrella into water jet stream]

Cueball: WHEEEEEEE!

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Discussion

A pulley and a rock do this pretty well too, although it's a wee bit dangerous. What with the falling rock and all. Davidy²²[talk] 07:07, 2 February 2013 (UTC)