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Wet or not wet?

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Kedge
 
Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:43 am
Hello

It's been a long and boring day at work, and we've been discussing pointless things for a while now, like how long is a piece of string, how many times can you fold a piece of A4 paper in half etc.... but they have their own threads going on those.

This is our current topic of debate / distraction:

Is water actually wet, or is wet the term used to describe when water is on something?

Eg a coat is wet when it has water on it, but is the substance of water actually classed as being wet?

Sorry, we have been very bored Very Happy

Any idaes?
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blueveinedthrobber
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:45 am
well the question would be then is water wet if nothing is in contact with it?

I think the answer is yes, otherwise the wind would blow it away eventually.......water may evaporate and take a different form but it does not erode....
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willow tl
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:47 am
I'm wet right now just from reading certain threads... Shocked Laughing Laughing :wink:
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blueveinedthrobber
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:47 am
and btw I'm the most intellectual member of A2K anyone will tell you, so that should close the question.
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-I-1-2-No-U-
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:48 am
Think of the three states of Water: Solid, Liquid and Gas

Which state determines when Water is wet?

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Herein may lie your answer...if it's a Liquid, then it feels wet!
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Kedge
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:49 am
Bi-Polar Bear wrote:
and btw I'm the most intellectual member of A2K anyone will tell you, so that should close the question.


Ive heard that too Very Happy
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cavfancier
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:50 am
Water has three states, solid, liquid and gaseous. 'Wet' is indeed just a term applied to water, either on something, or in it's liquid state.
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Kedge
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:51 am
Quote:
Herein may lie your answer...if it's a Liquid, then it feels wet!


But it only feels wet when it is in contact with another body. But is the substance actually wet?





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On another similar point. if you consider a rock which is submerged under 100ft of the ocean, is that rock wet? or is it only wet when brought to the surface and makes contact with air?
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-I-1-2-No-U-
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:54 am
If it's in contact with a liquid then it's wet.
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-I-1-2-No-U-
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:55 am
It matters not that a human being touches it - if it touches a liquid then its wet.
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cavfancier
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:55 am
Kedge, I think you need a more stimulating job. Laughing
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-I-1-2-No-U-
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:56 am
Perhaps some snorkling might persuade Kedge what it means to be wet?
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Kedge
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:57 am
Smile, it is a friday, and children in Need (a country wide charity event) so everyone at work is busy, being in fancy dress and selling Bingo tickets to break their PC's

So my day is pretty quiet (as a PC Support Guy) and my mind does tend to wander........ where was I.. oh yeah...... water
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-I-1-2-No-U-
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 07:59 am
Kedge: perhaps its time the wet nurse came round to visit you. Cool
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willow tl
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 08:02 am
I ain't volunteering to be the wet nurse...
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Kedge
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 08:02 am
Sad
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cavfancier
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 08:04 am
Got milk?
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willow tl
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 08:07 am
cavfancier wrote:
Got milk?


No, that's the problem. Shocked However, I could volunteer to see if you can get milk from dried ducts :wink: Just in the interest of Science Laughing
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cavfancier
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 08:08 am
Heh heh, I was just free-associating. That's an ad slogan for milk up here in Canajun land.
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Kedge
 
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Reply Fri 19 Nov, 2004 08:08 am
We are getting away from the point.....
Is milk wet? or just the description of when milk in on something
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