
whowhatevr submitted:
Anybody else see Tom Hanks’s tweet last night?! (I need an interrobang for such questions.)
Darn tootin’ it’s good advice, Tom. Darn freakin’ tootin’.
AAAAAAAAAAAAH

No matter how long the slinky is, the bottom of the slinky will stay still (hover) until the top reaches it. Even if the slinky is over 1000 feet long.
My inner physics geek needs to know how this works
It ends up being conservation of momentum. The bottom of the slinky is still at rest when the top begins to move because the support was released. The motion hasn’t translated to the bottom of the slinky, and won’t until the top catches up to it.
This is awesome
The Christmas Special: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe
The Christmas Special stars Matt Smith as the Doctor… Evacuated to a house in Dorset from war-torn London, Madge Arwell and her two children, Lily and Cyril, are greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world…

THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVER!!
ASDFGJKKHL;L;
TERRY PRATCHETT AND STEVEN MOFFAT!!
DISCUSSING THINGS!!!
MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE!!
“Hello Benjamin.”
How did I miss that?
It makes perfect sense when you think about it.
I mean, would you want to remember the day that you tried to kill the man you love?
Mrs. Robinson + “Hello Benjamin” = The Graduate: