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Reference Frame by Dave Horlick  Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:06:13 GMT

Zeke: Maybe you should go first... my ball might take longer to roll down the alley. | Bridget: Really? What makes you think?Zeke: Because it's lighter. | Meg: Should that matter?Bridget: We could drop them into the gutter at the same time and find out. | Zeke: Fair enough.Zeke and Bridget both release their bowling balls.Almost immediately, both balls come to a complete halt in their gutters. Zeke and Bridget frown.Zeke: I guess the alley isn't inclined enough. | Meg: How about the ball return? We could time each ball separately. | Meg drops a ball into the maw of the ball return.Bridget consults her iPod. | Bridget: 4.06 seconds | Zeke drops another ball into the maw of the ball return.Bridget: 4.04 seconds... pretty much the same!Zeke: I don't believe it! Next you're probably going to tell me that rubbing Meg's belly isn't lucky. | Meg: Yeah, about that…

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