In high school, my brother and I thought it was funny to yell "spontaneous propulsion!" and then smack somebody. It's the act of something being propelled, spontaneously, against our will. Obviously. It was science. Who can control science?
I never knew that this theory would come back to haunt me years later.
The other day I had my class working on a project. As many projects in first grade do, this one involved crayons. During the project a student came up to me claiming that someone, we'll call him "Treven", threw a crayon at her. When I looked across the room at Treven he immediately said, "She's lying! I didn't do anything!". That's my favorite line. All I hear is "It was MEEE!"
His guilt was also compounded by the fact that three other students from his table were all pointing at him and saying things like "He threw it. " and "I saw him do it.".
When "Treven" continued to contest his innocence I humored him by asking, "If you really didn't do it, then how did that yellow crayon get clear over to the other table?" You know, he could have said something simple like, "I don't know" or something clever like "That's not my crayon." But no. The quick-thinking child said, "I was just sitting here, looking at those other guys (his malicious accusers), when a crayon just flew over my shoulder and hit her."
And there we have it. Who can argue with science? Spontaneous propulsion strikes again!
11 years ago
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Spontaneous Propulsion is alive and well at my office. This happens with paperclips, wads of paper, swedish fish, and even a stress ball...basically any small/low weight item. I should get the air checked...maybe the particles are overly charged with electrons...the mystery might never be solved.
One time at the grocery store, I was loading items from the cart onto the conveyor belt. In doing so, a yogurt ended up ALL over the floor. My response was, "It dropped" not "I dropped the yogurt" I have no idea how it happened. I take no responsibility!
ha ha ha ha ha ha My kind of kid.
This kid's Brilliant I tell you. Brilliant! He actually recognized the immutable law of spontaneous propulsion in the very moment he needed it. Everyone else would have froze in their tracks. Get his signature - it'll be worth something someday :-)
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