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Old 18th April 2019, 12:41 PM   #381
Dave Rogers
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Originally Posted by bknight View Post
I know, I've finished my daily glass of red wine(whine) and no one brought me any cheese. bah humbug
Humbugs are solid, so throwing one will generate a propulsive force. Tantrums are abstract, so neither solid nor fluid. There's scope for a valuable experiment here. Try throwing a tantrum, and if it flings you backwards across the room then you'll know that abstract concepts have some of the attributes of a solid.

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