【美坛蓝绿绑架争霸】Why Do Things Look Bent In Water --- a scientific explanation The following is a skit inspired by 《My Fantasy Childhood》by 疏影笑寒 (Attached below) ------A Conversation between a Father and His 5-Year-Old Daughter: D Dad, get me some water, please. F But you are right there at the sink. Why can't you get water yourself? D But I want you to do it for me. Please, Dad! F Eh, Sweetie, Dad is not home on vacation. Dad's only home because of this pandemic thingy. Can't you see Dad's working? D I don't give a damn. Dad, I want … F Whoa, watch your language Missy! D Dad, get me water or I'm going to tell on you. F Now, now, what did I do this time? D I saw you throw out the junk Mom kept in the attic. I'm telling Mom. F No, you won't. D Yes, I will. My water, please. F Ok, ok, here is your water, you tattletale. D What did you call me? F Princess, I called you princess. D I want some honey in the water. F Ok, here is some honey. Are we good, now? D A spoon, too, please. F Spoon's coming. D Hey, Dad, look at the spoon. It's twisted! Bad Daddy! You gave me twisted spoon. F You are pulling my leg, aren't you? It's a good spoon. D Look in the water, Dad. See the spoon? It's bent. F Take it out, will you? Let's take a look. D Well, it's not twisted now. But I swear to Chairman Mao. It was twisted in the water. What the heck? F I tell you what, sweetie pie; the spoon became bent because there is a fairy living in that water. She bent the spoon. D But I don't see any fairy! F That's because she's a fairy. We can't see fairies. But the fairy bent your spoon, didn't she? D Why did she bend my spoon? F Because fairies do not like tattletales, that's why. D Oh, yeah! Down the drain goes the fairy! Go bend spoons there. And, oh, Dad, I'm telling Mom you are hiding a fairy in your bedroom. F Oh, alright, here's the science behind it all. Sweetie? Honey? Princess? ----------------------------------- 《My fantasy childhood》 ---- 疏影笑寒 While I was little, I was interested in everything, and I wanted to know why. One day, my mom gave me a cup of water to drink. I put a spoon in the cup, and found that the spoon was not as straight as before. What happened to my spoon? Was there a ghost? And after taking it out, the spoon was straight again; but put in the water, it changed again... I didn't know the reason and I was looking forward to getting the correct answer. Waiting and waiting, until my old cousin told me this physics question. |