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as a child have you ever heard that you could dig a hole through the earth and come out on china, well, its a myth, isn't it?

1. How will a seven year old have the strength to dig all the way down through many mile of soil?

2. If this kid was strong enough to dig that far he would melt on the molten rock!

3. if this planet was just a lump of dirt, then the gravity would keep you in the center, you would not be able to escape!

4. china isn't directly below every spot on the earth!

but if you had some anti-gravity, thingymajigger and a vehicle that can withstand extreme heat and wouldn't run out of gas half way along the trip!


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but if you had some anti-gravity, thingymajigger and a vehicle that can withstand extreme heat and wouldn't run out of gas half way along the trip!


It would also have to withstand extremely high pressures, the kind of high pressure that would cause even a solid (if something could remain solid at the temperature of the core) to flow like treacle.


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It would be digging to Australia, not china for us Brits!
we don't need to did to Australia any more, just visit any bar in London...

And if you did dig down then you had better be darn sure you sealed the hole after you! or can you imagine all that molten rock just shooting out the hole! My garden would have been ruined!


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Big Grin thats funny


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If you were starving and you had to eat your arm would you, and would you cook it?
But first you need to make a fire, a little hard to make a fire when you only have one arm, you know?

Having a clean room means someone else's room is messier

I'm not lazy, I'm efficient

Without deviation from th norm progress is not possible

other peoples pain is funny to someone not suffering it.

I reject You reality and substitute my own!
 
Posts: 305 | Location (where you live): Linesville, Pennsylvania | Registered: 13 May 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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you would be constantly hitting rock because the earth isnt all just soil
 
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