We had one of those in the river bottoms after the Flood of 93. The one state highway over the bridge cut away from the US highway, and it made a swirl that just bore down into the ground all the way to the bedrock which is WAY down there. It had to be 30 feet across, and took 3 days of gravel dumps with the dump trucks only being about a mile apart going over the bridge to fill it up decently.
This reminds me of that Star Trek where the android pushes a red-shirt into a bottomless pit. I’ve always wondered why they couldn’t have beamed him out?
Any object in orbit can be said to be in a bottomless pit. It literally falls forever (or until something happens to knock it out of orbit), without ever hitting bottom.
enigmamz over 4 years ago
We had one of those in the river bottoms after the Flood of 93. The one state highway over the bridge cut away from the US highway, and it made a swirl that just bore down into the ground all the way to the bedrock which is WAY down there. It had to be 30 feet across, and took 3 days of gravel dumps with the dump trucks only being about a mile apart going over the bridge to fill it up decently.
santa72404 over 4 years ago
Well he did get his point across.
Concretionist over 4 years ago
Just because there’s an offset…
Qiset over 4 years ago
This reminds me of that Star Trek where the android pushes a red-shirt into a bottomless pit. I’ve always wondered why they couldn’t have beamed him out?
e.groves over 4 years ago
“Is not” owns a cat.
Doug Taylor Premium Member over 4 years ago
“Oh, I’m sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?”
KEA over 4 years ago
science over philosophy
Nighthawks Premium Member over 4 years ago
I remember touring Carlsbad Cavern in the ’50’s as a child…..one thing that sticks in my mind as we passed
through the dark interior with the aide of dim lighting, was a sign that touted a ‘bottomless pit’ and underneath that
it stated the depth
buer over 4 years ago
The bottomless pit is quite an attraction, but I’ve heard that many find the shirtless Pitt more attractive.
AtariDragon over 4 years ago
Any object in orbit can be said to be in a bottomless pit. It literally falls forever (or until something happens to knock it out of orbit), without ever hitting bottom.
stamps over 4 years ago
Then there’s bottomless Pitt (William Pitt): https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/pharos/collection_pages/18th_pages/P344_1948/TXT_SE-P344_1948.html
geese28 over 4 years ago
Great now are his bones still intact?
Lablubber over 4 years ago
They got to the bottom of that problem toot sweet.
Boise Ed Premium Member over 4 years ago
Sorry, but I just don’t find murder all that funny.