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driving to work this morning and skidded on some wet leaves so deduced that water made them slippy

out riding the bike on limestone and when wet is very slippy but grippy when dry

pulling some sheets of plywood from my van and my dry hands were slipping off so spit on them
and they were very grippy strange that water made my hands grippy. Why.


 
Posted : 24/11/2010 11:49 am
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because you're a fish


 
Posted : 24/11/2010 11:52 am
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water is a slag, purify it and it just wants to get dirty again


 
Posted : 24/11/2010 11:54 am
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Human saliva is 98% water, but it contains many important substances, including electrolytes, mucus, antibacterial compounds and various enzymes.

According to Wiki anyway. So probably something else making it sticky, also along with whatever is on your hands.


 
Posted : 24/11/2010 11:54 am
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Because the plywood is covered in a fine dust, wetting it damped it down.


 
Posted : 24/11/2010 11:58 am
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Off topic slightly....did anyone watch the docu on bbc2 last night, about bottled water ?


 
Posted : 24/11/2010 12:14 pm
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what if it had been dry leaf dust then would the water have made it slippy

just tried it on a nice clean table I was lifting and water helped there too


 
Posted : 24/11/2010 12:33 pm
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Water is technically a sticky substance - I saw it once on a Christmas lecture


 
Posted : 24/11/2010 12:37 pm