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Old 07-July-2008, 06:09 PM
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Back in high school, I sometimes got to use the family car. On one of those occassions, I offered a ride home to a friend. When we got to the exit door to the parking lot, it was raining... hard.

I ran very fast to the car, opened it, and jumped in. I looked back, and my friend was very casually walking to the car, in that pouring rain. When he got in, I asked him why he walked; surely he got wetter than I?

He replied that he figured if he walked, he'd get wet from the outside in. If he ran, he'd also get wet from the inside out.

Based on this scientific study, I say the only difference is the source of the wet, not the degree.
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