THEORY OF WATER DISPLACEMENT – APPLICATION IN FATHERHOOD

Archimedes while tub-bing realize that the water in the tub rose as he got in and with a tinkle of pixie dust and some Acracadebra, he realize that the water that was displace was equaled to his weight and hence the Theory of Water Displacement which states that “Any object, wholly or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.”

To me, this must have been one of the most useless discoveries ever. Why would someone who want to weigh himself/any objects, get in to the tub, watch the displacement of water, scoop up all the water and weigh the water to find out the weight of himself/the object. Why don’t you just put yourself/the object on a scale in the first place? *Scratch head* To make things worse, he supposedly coined the term “Eureka” while in the tub. So effectively, when someone shouts “Eureka” it literally means, “I have discovered something really useless”.

Ok… the theory is not entirely useless as water displacement is not just about weight but density as well… so pretty useful… I guess… :P

Anyways, what I wanted to share about today is the applicability in fatherhood. A new term coined today is the “Theory of Bed Displacement” which states that “the increase of the child’s age would equal the amount of ones body left hanging mid air”. The people that are most affected by this condition are Asians. Being the loving Asians that we are (which has been proven to increase self-esteem of the child when he grows up), our kids would generally sleep in our room or mostly in our bed until they are about 2 yrs plus plus plus plus plus plus plus plus. Naturally, the resulting consequence of this, as our sizes remain constant and the child’s size is on an uptrend linear graph, land area on the bed becomes a problem. And just like the land availability on earth is limited, some people gotta start living in space. And that’s the exact thing that’s happening to my life now.

As our baby continually crawls over at midnight to sleep on our bed (we’ve bought her a bed and placed it right beside ours but everyday at midnight, she crawls onto our bed), I end up being the party that is slowly being displaced and living on space (mid air).

To better demonstrate the theory, kindly refer to the illustrations below:

and yes... in case you were wondering... her bed is bright pink... sheets, pillow case, comforter and bolster... all pink. Dealing with masculinity in pink will be the next upcoming topic...