"Shag" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 4 May 2005 19:51:59 -0500, "Lorem Ipsum" >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Joey Tribiani" > wrote in message
> >news:gibee.1396$sy6.247@lakeread04...
> >
> >>> True. The pressure inside the balloon lowers as the atmospheric
pressures
> >>> lowers, and the ballooon ruptures because it expands beyond its
> >>> elasticity
> >>> (elasticity is lost mostly due to stretching but also in part by the
low
> >>> temperature of the environment), but what's the point of the
observation?
> >>> How does it relate to Dan's position?
> >
> >> it relates simply because dan is proposing that stepping on a balloon
will
> >> in essence *raise* the pressure till it pops...it won't...the pressure
> >> inside is just displaced from under the foot and the balloon stretches
> >> until
> >> the surface ruptures
> >
> >He is right. If stepping on the balloon causes the skin to exceed its
> >capacity, then it behaves just as it would if it were at a high altitude,
> >and for the same reasons.
> >
>
> Who are you, his boyfriend? (I typed up a much less flame-worthy
> response to your post until I realized I didn't know why I bothered.)
>
> "Stupid people are funny." - me

Gee Shaggie! I've never seen you like this.

What's wrong? You're mig welder go belly up?