Mass Stupidity

Susan and I work in an office, as you know. Everyday we send out dozens of sets of documents. I could tell you what the documents are but your life would be no richer for this explanation. In fact, a sense of melancholy would cloud your hitherto sunny disposition, and I want my blog to be an uplifting experience for all concerned. Except for me of course- my suffering is, sadly, necessary for your pleasure. The only important thing to know is that the documents are the same everytime and are sent out in A4 envelopes.

On the day in question we had run out of A4 envelopes. This in itself would have certainly passed for an event, and even without the Susan-related developments we would have had lunchtime conversations for years to come that started with the phrase "do you remember the day we ran out of A4 envelopes?". But without our heroine's input, it probably wouldn't have made it to the heady heights of 'weblog entry'.

Susan was left baffled by her predicament but luckily her workmates displayed their lightning-speed problem solving skills and suggested that we fold the documents in half and place them in A5 envelopes. To which Susan asked:

"but won't that cost twice as much to post?"

In Susan's fragile mind, the documents were now heavier because they were inside a smaller envelope. We tried to explain that a decrease in area doesn't bring about an increase in mass. She was, of course, unable to grasp this and after several attempts to explain the logic behind her question she accepted the reality. That evening as we discussed it in the pub, it was apparent that she still hadn't actually figured it out in her own head but was simply taking our word for it. I still think even now if she could she'd try to prove me wrong over this, but sadly both logic and physics think Susan's a twat so they still stubbornly side with me on the issue.