Sunk

[LLeff]

For those who have seen the Lucy Show "Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account", here's an eye-opener for you:

"SCIENCE SINKS THE MYTH OF A SLOW DEATH IN QUICKSAND: It is a staple scene of B-movies and Westerns: the cowboy stumbles into a patch of quicksand and is sucked under until only his stetson remains on top, or sinks up to his neck until hauled out by his sidekick. Both scenarios have now been proved to fly in the face of physics. Research has shown that it is impossible for people to sink into quicksand much beyond the waist -- but it is equally impossible to pull someone out once they are stuck. Any attempt to drag a person out with a horse or truck would put them in much greater danger than leaving them be: the forces involved would tear them apart. To pull a person's foot out would require as much force as it takes to lift a family car, and the body would give way before the sand relinquished its grip."

Aren't you glad they didn't use real quicksand?

[shimp scrampi]

Soooo...logically, Jack's torso would tear off before his wallet would come out of the quicksand...I think he'd approve!