G'morning Vern,

 MM>I read a research report from some psycho physicists who proved
 MM>that one got just as wet running for home as one did walking.  I
 MM>dont think they considered swimming ...

 VH> Simple vector analysis -- if you run, you increase the horizontal
 VH> vector, which results in an overall increase in closing velocity
 VH> between you and the rain drops.  Since you are running THROUGH the
 VH> rain, the drops are coming at you faster, even though you are in the
 VH> rain less time.

So the theory goes - these worthies verified the notion by 
dividing a group of typical English students at random into two, 
weighed them on special scales and then sent them running or 
walking around a normalised quod on a standard-issue British 
summer's day.  Everybody was reweighed on their return, when the 
runners were signifigantly heavier than the walkers, at a p>0.005.

Nobly done,  I felt, even though there was no attempt to 
extrapolate the results to, say, ordinary Kiwis who might well be 
denied the same consequence because of some Coriolic variable and 
be forced to attain a similar level of p by processing pint upon 
pint of pale Pilsener....

:-|


 
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