Cold Air Really is Heavier

Well blogger fans, it sure has been a while since I made a real post, but I figure that most of my jillions and jillions of fans think I have dropped off the face of the earth. But never fear, my life is still as somewhat unbelievable as always. The most recent crazy story proves once again two things: 1) cold air is heavier than normal air, and 2) gravity is a more powerful force than my roommate. Here is the story.

One day when I got back from class, I came into the room only to find my roommate hovering over the air conditioner that I (that would be me paying the $300 a year, not him) am renting from the university inside the room on the floor and not in window where it was only an hour and a half earlier. I had to go to a group meeting so and did not have time to hear the story, so I told him to fix it and tell me the story later. I went to my meeting for about 45 minutes, and knew I was in for a great story when I got to the room. Needless to say, he was just finishing fixing the a/c unit, so I will tell the story once again. It all starts with the fact that the heaters in this dorm have only two settings: on or off. Each room cant change their own heater, it is either on for the entire building or off for the entire building. Well, that day it was on and my roommate was feeling too hot and wanted to cool the room down. Instead of turning on the a/c, which is the reason we have it, he decides that opening the window would be a great idea. Granted it would have been a good idea, but there is no way to open our window. The window is screwed shut so that it can not be opened.

Well, my roommate took the screws out and was trying to open the window. On the sides of the a/c are white plastic insulators, so the window is jammed shut. Undaunted, my roommate hits upward on the window and frees it, forcing it open. Well, with the window up, there is nothing holding in the a/c unit, and it freefell two stories out the window. Plugged into the same power strip are the tv, x-box, PS2, and VCR. Luckily for him, the a/c unplugged as it plummeted to the ground. Needless to say, my roommate fixed the a/c, mainly by hitting it with a 2x4. You are probably wondering where he got a 2x4, but he built a climbing wall in our room, but that is another story for another time. So my roommate proved several scientific principals. 1) The a/c (cold air) is indeed heavier than the normal air around it and will not float, but fall. 2) No matter how you try, gravity will always win. 3) My roommate is a dumbass. 4) It is much easier to simply turn a dial for cold air rather than push the a/c out the window. 5) The a/c unit now has need for fewer screws than it did before it fell out the window. 6) Even blind squirrels sometimes find nuts. Don't know how it proves number six, but think about it.... if nothing else it is funny to read. Yes, my roommate is quite possibly the only person thick enough to accomplish something like this.

Next year: Room to myself.

Just another day in the life. Chad: Just livin' the dream