Facebook post — 05 August 2013

facebook 05 August 2013

Me: Where do clouds come from?

Kavin: China?

If it weren't for those dang himalayas in the middle, he could be right!

We were reading the water cycle in Larry Gonick's Cartoon Guide to the Environment.

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Shashank DabralOn the contrary, if the dang himalayas weren't there, we'd be a barren wasteland and china would be getting clouds from us... Hide
Saurabh JAbe dabbe joke padh aur aage badh. Gyan mat de
Shashank DabralSaurabh Jain: Just getting your facts right! Himalayas are too close to my heart to be taken lightly !! On another note, this conversation does seem straight out of an edition of 'Calvin & Hobbes; Hide
Saurabh JHa ha. Yes I forgot you're the mountain man. Hmm, which comic? Find and share.
Shashank DabralWell it's a kind of a recurring theme, Calvin asks his dad a basic question and the dad always comes up with a ingenuous but totally wrong answer Sample this: Hide
Shashank DabralC: Why does the sun set? D: It's because hot air rises. The sun's hot in the middle of the day, so it rises high in the sky. In the evening then, it cools down and sets. C: Why does it go from east to west? D: Solar wind. Hide
Shashank DabralOr these: Hide
Shashank DabralC: Why does the sky turn red as the sun sets? D: That's all the oxygen in the atmosphere catching fire. C: Where does the sun go when it sets? D: The sun sets in the west. In Arizona actually, near Flagstaff. C: Oh. D: That's why the rocks there are so red. C: Don't the people get burned up? D: No, the sun goes out as it sets. That's why it is dark at night. C: Doesn't the sun crush the whole state when it lands? D: Ha ha, of course not. Hold a quarter up. See, the sun's just about the same size. C: I thought I read that the sun was really big. D: You can't believe everything you read, I'm afr
Saurabh JHa ha ha. Nice. Remember reading these. I have similar conversations with my kids when I'm confusing them about religion. All I have to do is ask logical questions about God and heaven, and they go seeking whoever put those ideas in their head. So, yeah, to be precise, other people have such conversations with my kids about religion, because I made them go ask logical questions.
Shashank DabralShashank Dabral · 12yOn the contrary, if the dang himalayas weren't there, we'd be a barren wasteland and china would be getting clouds from us...LikeHide
Saurabh JSaurabh J · 12yAbe dabbe joke padh aur aage badh. Gyan mat de Like
Shashank DabralShashank Dabral · 12y · by authorSaurabh Jain: Just getting your facts right! Himalayas are too close to my heart to be taken lightly !! On another note, this conversation does seem straight out of an edition of 'Calvin & Hobbes; LikeHide
Saurabh JSaurabh J · 12yHa ha. Yes I forgot you're the mountain man. Hmm, which comic? Find and share.Like
Shashank DabralShashank Dabral · 12yWell it's a kind of a recurring theme, Calvin asks his dad a basic question and the dad always comes up with a ingenuous but totally wrong answer Sample this:LikeHide
Shashank DabralShashank Dabral · 12y · by authorC: Why does the sun set?D: It's because hot air rises. The sun's hot in the middle of the day, so it rises high in the sky. In the evening then, it cools down and sets.C: Why does it go from east to west?D: Solar wind.LikeHideEdited
Shashank DabralShashank Dabral · 12yOr these:LikeHide
Shashank DabralShashank Dabral · 12yC: Why does the sky turn red as the sun sets?D: That's all the oxygen in the atmosphere catching fire.C: Where does the sun go when it sets?D: The sun sets in the west. In Arizona actually, near Flagstaff.C: Oh.D: That's why the rocks there are so red.C: Don't the people get burned up?D: No, the sun goes out as it sets. That's why it is dark at night.C: Doesn't the sun crush the whole state when it lands?D: Ha ha, of course not. Hold a quarter up. See, the sun's just about the same size.C: I thought I read that the sun was really big.D: You can't believe everything you re
Saurabh JSaurabh J · 12yHa ha ha. Nice. Remember reading these. I have similar conversations with my kids when I'm confusing them about religion. All I have to do is ask logical questions about God and heaven, and they go seeking whoever put those ideas in their head. So, yeah, to be precise, other people have such conversations with my kids about religion, because I made them go ask logical questions.Like