How is this possible?
@ChampagneGiggles (699)
United States
July 3, 2007 12:33pm CST
A truck leaving New York for West Virginia weighs exactly two tons. About halfway through the trip, it crosses a bridge with a maximum capacity of two tons - any more weight on it and it'll instantly collapse. Just before it crosses, a two-pound tree limb falls on the roof of the truck and remains there while it crosses the bridge. Yet the bridge is intact. How is this possible?
2 responses
@Aprilfreelance (96)
• United States
3 Jul 07
The truck would weigh less when it reaches the bridge at the halfway point due to fuel consumption.
@urbandekay (18278)
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16 Jul 07
An alternative answer is that the truck carries a felled tree, a branch of which breaks, the limb that falls on the roof of the truck, hence net weight gain.
all the best urban
