Crazy question...

[AreaCode707]

Okay, at the local Georgia "Big Chicken" KFC, home of the forty foot chicken of Marietta, GA, my friends and I began to ponder this question. After all, we were on vacation and we had the freedom to act like the weird Californians we are.
So, if you were set into a huge tub of mashed potatoes, would you sink to the bottom or not? We had some serious scientific argument going about this, to which I just listened (English major, science isn't my thing). With the brilliance of AT, maybe we can figure it out.

 

[Electric Amish]

Depends upon the viscosity of the potatoes and the weight of the individual.

amish

 

[Platypus]

I think so.. I've always wanted to fill a pool with gelatin and dive in but you would sink and die

 

[pulse8]

KFC mashed potatoes = sink.

Real, homemade mashed potatoes = Float

 

[BigJohnKC]

<homer>mmmmm...giant tub of mashed potatoes....</homer>

 

[bugsysiegel]

that quesiton is just crazy!


I think amish is correct in his deduction.

 

[Michael1897]

freshly made mashedpotatoes if thick enough float and get burns on your body.

i think you would eventually start to sink though

 

[Kinger]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
I think so.. I've always wanted to fill a pool with gelatin and dive in but you would sink and die

Phew...I'm not the only one.

 

[PsychoAndy]

depends on if they are powder or actual potatoes.

powder + water or milk tends to create a vicsous soup that you appear likely to sink in

actual potatoes seem to be firmer and tend to offer more resistance under load

dependent on the person, i would say the powder vs actual potatoes concept above would be the solution

 

[bunker]

Originally posted by: pulse8
KFC mashed potatoes = sink.

Real, homemade mashed potatoes = Float

I would have to agree with this. KFC's mashed taters are pretty thin.