> As I ran errands at lunch today, a question I hadn't thought about in a while popped into my head. It was raining but I hadn't brought my jacket with me so I was trying to avoid getting too wet.
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> So, if you are crossing an open space that is 50 feet wide and it is raining steadily, will you get more water on you if you walk across or if you run?
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> I won't list the arguments I've heard either way. I'm more interested in your thoughts because I've never heard a definitive answer.
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> Fer"kind of wet with hair all over my ears"rick

I don't know the answer. But it's interesting to watch the *way* people walk or run through rain. Almost all of them do it all hunched over and squinty-eyed and defeatist. They're getting wet and they don't like it and they want the rain to know that. Does it stop them getting wet? Nope.

Next time you walk in the rain, stand up straight and WALK, don't scurry along in fear and loathing like a shrivelled rat. You can walk fast if you like, or run, but do it assertively with your head up and your eyes open and don't cringe. You wouldn't *believe* what a difference it makes. I'm sure you get less wet that way.

Brunnen-"trying to psych out inanimate forces of nature can be fun"G