“Legend has it that Sir Isaac Newton formulated the gravitational theory in 1665 or 1666 after watching an apple fall and asking why the fruit fell straight down rather than sideways or even upward. According to Martin Rees, a former president of Britain’s Royal Society, which was once headed by Newton himself, Newton showed that the force that makes the apple fall and that holds us on the ground is the same force that keeps the moon and planets in their orbits.”
Yet, as with all laws of nature there are exceptions. As you may know I have been pondering the wonders of The Road Runner these days. Why does his anvil always hit the mark when dropped on Wile E. Coyote and yet when Mr. Coyote responds with an item equal in weight and circumference, it suspends above the Road Runner and never causes any damage?
Explain that Mr. Big Shot Gravity Man!