Great New Scientific Theories for the 1990s from the Internet
      
      HONORABLE MENTION:
      
      The quantity of consonants in the English language is constant. If 
      omitted in one place, they turn up in another. When a Bostonian 
      "pahks" his "cah ," the lost r's migrate southwest, causing a Texan to 
      "warsh" his car and invest in 'erl wells."
      
      RUNNERS UP:
      
      #4 The earth may spin faster on its axis due to deforestation. Just as 
      a figure skater's rate of spin increases when the arms are brought in 
      close to the body, the cutting of tall trees may cause our planet to 
      spin dangerously fast.
      
      #3 Communist China is technologically underdeveloped because they have 
      no alphabet and therefore cannot use acronyms to communicate ideas at 
      a faster rate.
      
      #2 Why Yawning Is Contagious: You yawn to equalize the pressure on 
      your eardrums. This pressure change outside your eardrums
      unbalances other people's ear pressures, so they must yawn to even it 
      out.
      
      #1 If an infinite number of rednecks riding in an infinite number of 
      pickup trucks fire an infinite number of shotgun rounds at an infinite 
      number of highway signs, they will eventually produce all the world's 
      great literary works in Braille.
      
      GRAND PRIZE WINNER
      
      When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet. And when toast is 
      dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose 
      to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat; the two will hover, 
      spinning inches above the ground. With a giant buttered cat array, a 
      high speed monorail could easily link New York with Chicago.
 
 
 From: Nathan

Wil Stark, wstark04 (at) pobox _dot_com

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