> > I think I owe everyone here an apology. I made the moon disappear last night for a while and I'm sorry. Here's what happened.
> >
> > I had an argument with the Man In The Moon. I told him that I was appauled that he interferes with the Earth's gravitational... stuff. I told him that I thought he needed to go somewhere and think about what he has done.
> >
> > He obviously took my advice as about 9:30pm Central Time he started to slowly move into what seemed to be a very large shadow. He stayed there for sometime, so I know he did a lot of thinking. Maybe he'll think twice before effecting the tides, or causing mood swings again.
> >
> > I let him know, in no uncertain terms, that I was very upset with him and that this behavior would no longer be tolerated. That we, down here on Earth, hold a lot of pride in being able to look up at him and marvel at his beauty. But that if he didn't stop his frequently disturbing behavior, we would just have to start accepting applications from other moons and ask for his resignation.
> >
> > I guess if he doesn't heed my warning we'll just have to get a New Moon.
> >
> > Drac "Long way to go for that one no matter how stupid it might have been" imas
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> Better not tick off the moon too much. If he decided to change his orbital radius too much, he might cause tides that submerge most of the land on earth twice a day.
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> Bal "GMm/r^2" anthalus

Most of the land on earth(~70%)is already submerged all day, every day.