If I’d been a modern-day Noah, and if I’d been a rocket scientist, I could have built a rocket capable of long distance space travel. I could have appointed some other top rocket scientists to help me, and last 25 December I could have blasted off from a suitable rocket launch pad. If… such a small word.
But seriously, being the 26 September now, if the whole rocket thing was factual, then I’d be preparing to land on Mars, because… it takes nine months to get to Mars. It is possible to get to Mars in less time, but this would require you to burn your rocket engines longer, using more fuel. With current rocket technology, this isn't really feasible.
And nine months is the length of time we’ve been in New Zealand.
A more practical example might be Paul and Mary who might have announced at last year’s family Christmas dinner that Mary they were pregnant (note how modern I’ve become, by affirming that the couple became pregnant.) Anyway, if they had, then around about today, there would be a stack of to-ing and fro-ing on their Facebook pages with messages of congratulations on the arrival of Paulette or Marybert…
I also found the results of the Facebook Withdrawal Experiment, which lists the things one can do in nine months:
1. Develop a child within your womb (if you’re a human female).
2. Grow 4.5 inches of hair.
3. Watch the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Extended Edition) 532 times.
4. Read the Harry Potter series 168 times (on an average of 1.5 weeks per read through of the series).
5. Boil 36288 rounds of corn on the cob (on an average of 10 minutes per boil).
6. Get an average night’s rest of 9 hours 672 times.
7. Watch a butterfly appear from a cocoon after it makes it about 25.2 times.
8. Watch a reflux reaction react about…eh 6048 times.
9. You can also get used to not having Facebook as well, but start missing it as well.
I have been away from Facebook for 9 months. Let that sink in.
From our perspective, you can also plan, design and build a small extension to a house in New Zealand.
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