What Makes a Stone Skip When Tossed Across a Pond?

Thanks AH. Found the right word. "Antithixoropy-shearing can
promote temporary aggregation rather than breakdown, due to the collision of these attractive particles --this results in anti-thixotropy."

This non Newtonian fluid could be useful to replace the fluid in automatic transmission, or if the response is fast enough, body armor.

What if I load the lake with flour, that would give the stone more bounce.

Or as Frosty like it, more bounce for his cannonballs and bombs.

 

Listen --its frogs that see the stone coming then head it on the the next frog.

My Dad told me --seems logical.

Thats why if you try it with a brick it just splashes and sinks --the frog isnt strong enough.

 

Or not big enough...

 

easy answer....... dang good aiming hehe

 

Thanks Jim!

 

welcome man

 

I think it's gravity and atmospheric pressure that let's the stone skip the pond

 

It is just magic...same thing that makes airplanes fly.

 

There you go, the winner:

Petros!

 

If Stone is wanted by the Bobbies, he might skip across the Pond in an effort to evade.

 

If the Bobbie wants to get stoned he/she doesn't need to skip the country.

 

Stop skipping those damned stones, you are polluting the lake.

 

rx-

body armor

 

A little more challenging is to skip the pond across stones-

 

And the water is getting shallow in patchs !!:!: