Why is the sea salty

[John Storey]

While driving today, on an outing to our nearest garden centre my son Jack (7yrs) asked " dad why is the sea salty" my reply was I dont really know, he replied " when we flush the tolet does it go into the sea"? I replied only when it has been cleaned. on later investigation he thought the sea was salty from our wee. So to put his mind at rest we did a search on the internet and came up with. Weathering of continents, Hydrothermal vents, submarine volcanoes all contributed to a salty sea, all found on www.utdallas.edu/~punjana/oceans/why.

Worth a look.

 

Children don't you just love them to bitts.

 

Anyone else had good questions from their children, just in case Jack comes up with another one

Edited January 22, 2006 by John Storey

[gozzer]

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Children don't you just love them to bitts.

 

Anyone else had good questions from their children, just in case Jack comes up with another one

 

When he was about 7, we were having dinner when my son said "dad, whats a vibrator" , my wife nearly choked on her food, and looked at me. I replied that I had used them, (wife chokes again). I explained that I'd used them for getting air out of concrete after laying it. My son thought for a while then said "ben said ladies use them", I dont know then, I said I've never seen a lady laying concrete. My son looked at me as if to say I,ll get you next time!

[ayjay]

I'd want to know how he knows that wee is salty (is it?)............or maybe I don't.

[Snatcher]

When my daughter was about 3 (25 years ago)

Sat downstairs on a bus on thosefacing seats. Guy sat opposite with a turban on. At the top top of her voice,god bless her, "Dad has he got a broken head" The whole bus fell apart, so did the turbanator as well

 

Precious moments or what?

[Zigs]

daughter no 1 came up with a good one when she was a toddler, her auntie had got pregnant but with no obvious boyfriend around, auntie being a midwife.

 

fortunatly i wasnt there at the time but daughter asked the question "how has auntie got pregnant when she is a midwife ?"

 

mother in law started to explain that midwives can get pregnant as well as other ladies, daughter breaks in and says "yes, but no one has stuck their willy up her bits"....................

 

glad i wasn't there

[five bellies]

Ive been asked "whats a Bumble Bee made out of"

where do you start?

 

My friends daughter at a Baptisum asked in a loud vioce just at a quite bit in the service

"Dad why has mum got feathers around her Minnie ?"

 

Kids you got to love em

[TubularBelle]

WHY THE SEA IS SALTY

 

[gozzer]

WHY THE SEA IS SALTY

 

 

So thats where the term "salty sea men comes from?

[geffaz]

WHY THE SEA IS SALTY

 

ive never seen one so small!

[gozzer]

ive never seen one so small!

 

Do you spend a lot of time looking at them then?