I never tried to dig to China as a kid, but I did bury a chunk of coal. It’s probably still buried in my old backyard. Think I should go check to see if it’s a diamond yet?
When we were living in Florida, my then 10-year-old son had a friend sleep over. The next morning, these two boys decided they wanted to see if they could push my garden hose into our sandy soil. They pushed it in pretty far, until they realized they could not pull it out. Being 10, they must have hoped no-one would notice and left. A few hours later, I needed to water something, and went to find my hose. I found it just as they had left it, stuck tight in the sand. I puzzled for a moment as to how it got there, and then I realized. I went in search of my son, the perpetrator. He ‘fessed up (what else could he do?). He said his friend helped him. Accordingly, we called up the friend’s parents, who we were good friends with, and told them about the dirty deed. Without even our having to ask, they said that they would bring their boy over. Those two spend the next hour-and-a-half digging out my hose, with me videotaping the whole affair. By the time they were able to get it out, they had dug a four-and-a-half foot deep hole in my yard! It has been close to 30 years since that happened, but we have never let our son forget.
Imagine over 4 years ago
What makes it “Eastern”? Soy sauce?
SHIVA over 4 years ago
Will he be able to recognize a gas line, or a water line!!!!
danketaz Premium Member over 4 years ago
If you hit bricks you may have struck Great Wall.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago
Dig at an angle Clayton, you’ll miss the core and create a shortcut.
nosirrom over 4 years ago
Maybe he should cal USGS to make sure it’s “Western Dirt”
Doctor Toon over 4 years ago
This might take all day
Let’s give dad some of that Nuclear Coffee, he’ll get it done in no time
Jeffin Premium Member over 4 years ago
Sometimes worms look like noodles.
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
So Clayton, you know “Eastern” soil when you see it!
Michael G. over 4 years ago
They’re too young to know geography. Adam?
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Let me know when you get to the exotic dirt.
ChessPirate over 4 years ago
Clayton, maybe you’ll only have to go halfway, if you meet a Chinese boy coming the other way… ☺
Wlly Blly over 4 years ago
I’m dying to know what the difference between Eastern and Western soil is.
Bill The Nuke over 4 years ago
With that garden spade he’s going to give up before he even hits water.
cuzinron47 over 4 years ago
If it’s oily, you took a wrong turn and wound up in the middle east.
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 4 years ago
Given the size of the tailing pile.. that hole ain’t very deep
Boise Ed Premium Member over 4 years ago
Something I would like to ask a flat-Earther: How thick is it? What’s on the other side?
TennesseeFran over 4 years ago
I never tried to dig to China as a kid, but I did bury a chunk of coal. It’s probably still buried in my old backyard. Think I should go check to see if it’s a diamond yet?
stevek Premium Member over 4 years ago
Don’t go too deep, or Trump will put tariffs on the dirt you import.
Cactus-Pete over 4 years ago
When did the kids become dopes?
jbruins84341 over 4 years ago
When we were living in Florida, my then 10-year-old son had a friend sleep over. The next morning, these two boys decided they wanted to see if they could push my garden hose into our sandy soil. They pushed it in pretty far, until they realized they could not pull it out. Being 10, they must have hoped no-one would notice and left. A few hours later, I needed to water something, and went to find my hose. I found it just as they had left it, stuck tight in the sand. I puzzled for a moment as to how it got there, and then I realized. I went in search of my son, the perpetrator. He ‘fessed up (what else could he do?). He said his friend helped him. Accordingly, we called up the friend’s parents, who we were good friends with, and told them about the dirty deed. Without even our having to ask, they said that they would bring their boy over. Those two spend the next hour-and-a-half digging out my hose, with me videotaping the whole affair. By the time they were able to get it out, they had dug a four-and-a-half foot deep hole in my yard! It has been close to 30 years since that happened, but we have never let our son forget.