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Adam Haman's avatar

Fun story.

But of course, strictly speaking, each different scoop of dirt taken out of the ground is a different action, so Einstein is a little off base.

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B. G. Jackson, HB's avatar

Indeed! It's adorable how words try so hard to means things, but only people can do that.

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ReadyKilowatt's avatar

Did you pivot to becoming a gold miner or keep looking for oil?

"I keep drilling for oil but all I get are these yellow rocks!"

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B. G. Jackson, HB's avatar

Well, the original oil strikes were regarded as useless black goo, so why not? That's just the sort of SCRAMBLED-up thing that happens in Marecia.

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