What if Pennsylvania just sank?

[Stevicus]

Many years ago, when I was about 7 and my older brother was about 10 or 11, we were traveling from our home (which was then in upstate NY) on our way to our grandparents in Chicago for Thanksgiving. As we were traveling through Pennsylvania, my brother asked a question of my father which has stuck with me ever since: "What if Pennsylvania just sank?"

For reasons which I never quite understood, my brother had some kind of fear or loathing of Pennsylvania. Maybe he wanted Pennsylvania to sink, I'm not sure.

My dad answered the question as best he could, indicating that we'd have to drive around a big sinkhole in order to get to Grandma and Grandpa's house. We'd have to either go through Canada or go down through New Jersey, across to Delaware, then Maryland, WV, then Ohio to get back on the road to Grandma's.

I was wondering if the state would sink exactly along the state borders. Of course, we happened to be IN Pennsylvania at the time, but my dad said that, instead of talking, we should be keeping our eyes peeled to see if there are signs of sinking.

I guess my question is: What makes us think of weird things like this? What sort of weird, off-the-wall, totally outlandish questions have you come up with?

Later on, when we moved to Arizona, we had already been familiar with the famous question: What if California fell into the sea? We would expect to have beachfront property here in AZ.

 

[VoidCat]

Bye bye Quakerstate. it just sank.

 

[Sunstone]

What sort of weird, off-the-wall, totally outlandish questions have you come up with?

Well, I may have come up with one or two in my time, if my memory serves me.

@Quagmire is really good at these things.



Most recently, I happened to be wondering if the god of the mystics was like a joke that "you 'get' well enough to laugh at it, but that you don't really understand."

 

[Harel13]

I guess my question is: What makes us think of weird things like this? What sort of weird, off-the-wall, totally outlandish questions have you come up with?

Who knows? It may have been prophetic knowledge. Pennsylvania may yet become Pennsylantis.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Many years ago, when I was about 7 and my older brother was about 10 or 11, we were traveling from our home (which was then in upstate NY) on our way to our grandparents in Chicago for Thanksgiving. As we were traveling through Pennsylvania, my brother asked a question of my father which has stuck with me ever since: "What if Pennsylvania just sank?"

For reasons which I never quite understood, my brother had some kind of fear or loathing of Pennsylvania. Maybe he wanted Pennsylvania to sink, I'm not sure.

My dad answered the question as best he could, indicating that we'd have to drive around a big sinkhole in order to get to Grandma and Grandpa's house. We'd have to either go through Canada or go down through New Jersey, across to Delaware, then Maryland, WV, then Ohio to get back on the road to Grandma's.

I was wondering if the state would sink exactly along the state borders. Of course, we happened to be IN Pennsylvania at the time, but my dad said that, instead of talking, we should be keeping our eyes peeled to see if there are signs of sinking.

I guess my question is: What makes us think of weird things like this? What sort of weird, off-the-wall, totally outlandish questions have you come up with?

Later on, when we moved to Arizona, we had already been familiar with the famous question: What if California fell into the sea? We would expect to have beachfront property here in AZ.

A better question ; why hasn't New Zealand sunk yet, and what can we do to speed the process?

 

[columbus]

A better question ; why hasn't New Zealand sunk yet, and what can we do to speed the process?

Isn't New Zealand that EuroChristian country that even the Covid virus prefers not to spread in?
Tom

 

[Stevicus]

Who knows? It may have been prophetic knowledge. Pennsylvania may yet become Pennsylantis.

I've read about a town in Pennsylvania which was built on a coal mine, and there's been this ongoing coal fire which has lasted for decades. I saw footage where they showed fires coming up from holes in the street. It was kind of surreal to look at.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Isn't New Zealand that EuroChristian country that even the Covid virus prefers not to spread in?
Tom

No, New Zealand isn't a country at all.

And there's no spread of coronavirus there because no one lives there.

 

[Revoltingest]

I've read about a town in Pennsylvania which was built on a coal mine, and there's been this ongoing coal fire which has lasted for decades. I saw footage where they showed fires coming up from holes in the street. It was kind of surreal to look at.

PA is actually a portal to Old Scratch’s realm.

 

[Stevicus]

A better question ; why hasn't New Zealand sunk yet, and what can we do to speed the process?

I'm still wondering whatever happened to Old Zealand?

 

[BSM1]

Stranger geological anomalies have been feared:

Hank Johnson Worries Guam Could "Capsize" After Marine Buildup - CBS News

 

[columbus]

PA is actually a portal to Old Scratch’s realm.

I once drove through Florida.
We were lost, trying to back to Indiana from a Key West "New Years Celebration", that lasted for a week or two. We didn't want to get off the highway, because of what Miami is like at night for a couple of gay white boys in a Chevy station wagon loaded with vacation gear.
So, away we went. Into the swamp, with a quarter tank of gas, and a credit card with a questionable balance. This was the olden days, before cell phones. Much less banking online.
As I drove through the jungle, gas gauge dropping, sunburnt skin peeling, all I could see was gas flares from oil rigs sihouetted against trees. I wondered, "How much did we really spend on tequila shots at that place I don't remember? How much did Ken tip that super hot dude who brought us drinks, then disappeared with our credit card for what seemed like an hour?
Did he get the card back before we left?"

Then the car quietly coasts to a stop.

No no.
Pennsylvania isn't Old Scratches' realm. That's Florida.
Tom

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Isn't New Zealand that EuroChristian country that even the Covid virus prefers not to spread in?
Tom

Nah. To the contrary, it seems the EuroChristian gods fued against women will continue, as NZ is showing us the reason women should not allowed to usurp power over men is because female ledership makes it way harder hard for god's end of the world plagues to spread.

 

[joe1776]

Pennsylvania isn't sinking. It's shrinking. I know because I was born in Punxsutawney, PA (of Groundhog Day fame). We left there when I was seven and, when I went back years later, everything was much smaller than I remembered it.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I'm still wondering whatever happened to Old Zealand?

Is it contrary to the spirit of the thread if I point out that Zealand is an island in Denmark, famous for housing the capital, and one heckuva good place to go for a beer weekend?

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Nah. To the contrary, it seems the EuroChristian gods fued against women will continue, as NZ is showing us the reason women should not allowed to usurp power over men is because female ledership makes it way harder hard for god's end of the world plagues to spread.

To be fair, it's not their first transgression. They were the first country to give women the vote.
I don't want to link that to their earthquake issues or anything. You can draw your own conclusions...