You Might Be a Physicist if…

by N.Shah on Sep.07, 2009, under Real Life

the water in your kettle is boiling at 373 Kelvin.
you know that the speed of light is 299,792.5 km/sec.
you know the direction the water swirls when you flush.
you’ve already calculated how much you earn per second.
you are sure that differential equations are a very useful tool.
you are at an air show and know how fast the skydivers are falling.
you know the size of the elctron, but don’t know your own shirt size.
when you break a vase you blame the second law of thermodynamics.
you try to explain entropy to strangers at your table during casual dinner conversation.
you avoid stirring your coffee because you don’t want to increase the entropy of the universe.
your three year old son asks why the sky is blue and you try to explain atmospheric absorption theory.
you’re at a wine tasting event and find yourself paying more attention to the cork screws than the Chardonnay.
you carry on a one-hour debate over the expected results of an experiment that actually takes five minutes to run.