Can If a girl fell in the water, could she be buoyant?

In response to last week’s question, "Can If a girl fell in the water, could she be buoyant?," my birthday bud Jon concluded, "yes, if her name is  Bobbie," to which my PR friend Stan added his own groaner, "and if she washed with Lifebuoy soap." 

My Utah friend Bruce suggested, "Perhaps, in the name of Bruce Jenner, if she crossed over to the male gender and floated," to which my cycling friend Ted concurred, "If Bruce Jenner is a woman, then anything goes!"

My writing and sailing friend Rich recalled, "There is a reason that WWII aviators called their inflatable PFD’s Mae West’s."

My equestrian friend Royce called out, "This could be a scientific question" to which my dad's beach buddy Bob noted, "Yes, especially in the "Dead Sea" or in the Salt Lake where she would also be preserved for posterity."

My temple friend Richard explained, "According to the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary, one definition of “buoyant” is “capable of floating”.  Another is “happy and confident”. For this reason, if a girl fell in the water, she must satisfy the 1st definition, otherwise she most certainly won’t satisfy the 2nd definition!  If so, then the definition of “drown” would likely apply; “to die by being underwater too long and unable to breathe”, to which my neighbor Al  provided evidence, "Not in the case of Natalee Holloway. (Sorry, poor taste but then what do you expect?)" ……or Natalie Wood.

Please share your thoughts about this week's "things that make you go 'Hmmm' “:

When do you realize that your father was so smart?

Live well...laugh often and heartily.... have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Hal

Happy Father's Day to dad's everywhere who are involved in their kids' lives.  I am truly one of the luckiest.  My dad has given me advice and lived by that advice.  He is a true mensch and I am lucky for every day I can talk or be with him. " "Lately, all my friends are worried that they're turning into their fathers. I'm worried I'm not." Dan Zevin

Also next Sunday, celebrate the Druid holiday of Summer Solstice.  It's your chance to get a lot of Vitamin D naturally.  That's 14 hr 30 min of sunlight in Atlanta (34°N)!

Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration for Hmmm.  Stop by www.nichelabs.com to see what else I'm up to.