From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
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     S. Checker  wrote:   
   > Lewis  wrote:   
   >> In message <53873346$0$63201$815e3792@news.qwest.net>   
   >>  George Cornelius  wrote:   
   >>> UL:     Person stuck in quicksand, pulled in, drowns.   
   >>>         [actually very little urban about this]   
   >>   
   >>> Vector: Samuel Clemens   
   >>   
   >>> OK, I'm too busy to look it up.  But if sand is mixed   
   >>> with water, the usual rules of buoyancy apply.  You   
   >>> will not sink into water containing sand any deeper   
   >>> than you would sink into the water by itself.   
   >>   
   >> AIUI, you will be far more buoyant in 'quicksand' than in water. You   
   >> only sink until your weight is displaced, and wet sand is very heavy.   
   >>   
   >> You can get stuck in quicksand, especially if you panic, but you can't   
   >> sink in it very easily.   
   >>   
   >> Lightning sand, on the other hand, is entirely different.   
      
   > What is your position on ROUSes?   
      
   Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they really exist.   
      
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