Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Newton's fourth law

You know that bruise on my elbow? No? Well, there's a bruise on my elbow. 

Sure, I tell you it's from soccer, but the dirty, ugly truth is... I did it to myself. And while I wish I could tell you I hit it on the counter or wall, the truth is even worse: I banged my elbow on my own hip. That's right, both of them are bony enough and I was moving fast enough to connect with enough force to both hear from a distance and leave a bruise. 

Isn't there some sort of law of physics that prohibits this sort of thing from happening?

Addendum: interesting to note- if you Google "Newton's fourth law," you'll get an interesting page of results. Apparently I'm not the first to come up with this idea. How sad.

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