*Kimble's Rule:      "The rule of vine: that strings entwine"
Considered alternatives:   
			"Things that Dangle Oft Entangle"
			"Whoa there Nelly!! Vermicelli"	
			"If its long and twiney, watch your hiney"
			"Sticks and strings are wicker things"
			"If it slithers down the street, retreat"
			"Goliath's foe was string, ya know"
			"When faced with snakes, apply the brakes"
			"If its mean and stringey, guard your thingey"
			"Prison's label: chains and cable."						
			
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Explanation: *Objects with an aspect ratio of more than 10:1 do not 
behave linearly, they defy mechanical separation and due to increasing
entropy, they become spontaneously entangled with other objects that 
are much smaller in size and/or may have smaller aspect ratios.
Because of the high surface area to volume ratio, such objects may 
stick to or crawl down a variety of surfaces!! e.g. ropes, chains will
often catch on nails or other slight protrusions too small to notice,
kite tails will tangle in the kite or catch on trees, and spaghetti
will fall off a fork, slither down your arm and still end up being 
stuck to the ceiling!
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Posit 1: Despite popular belief, you cannot safely run through tall 
   grass or sleep on frayed bed cushions.  The friction alone may kill you.

Posit 2: Sex would be more dangerous for a man than for a woman except 
   for the umbilical cords and fetal DNA  .

Posit 3: The Roto-Rooter is a very effective device.  But then so is the root!

Posit 4: Electricity is dangerous, not so much because of the voltage but
   because of the wires and the tendrils of lightning that carry its deadly 
   force.

Posit 5. Part of the wildness in any wild animal is the fur.  Any animal
   that sheds more than once a year is probably out to get you. 
   (Note that: Death by hair ball is rarely reported in autopsy because of 
   coroner embarrassment.  After all, what is it that grosses out a coroner
   most??)

Posit 6: Generally the best protection against most stringy things is 
   shortened stringy things.  A good antivirus strategy is a smaller 
   attenuated or altered virus.  The best way to get rid of tall grass 
   is to plant shorter grass.  Mow.  Keep the wiring short.  Cut
   snakes in half, etc.  The exception to this rule seems to be those 
  sneaky worms that replicate every time you whack them in two.
   Answer: Connectors to make buckyworms? Worm spools?
   A tiny pancaking forge for worm elves? The miracle drug: retractoworm?
  Specially trained worm clowns that inflate them and turn them
  into party favors? Baseball hot dog vendors (nobody looks too 
  carefully at the hot dog anyway)?
    
Posit 7: For a good robot arm, set the aspect ratio just slightly less 
   than 10. e.g. fingers, legs,  elephants' trunks, robot arms.  This 
   gives you some of the tangling, sticky principle while still maintaining
   your sanity.  Examples of going too far: giraffes, most basketball 
   players, the space shuttle arm, and stilts(see Tim Allen episode on 
   hydraulic stilts).

Posit 8. Birds' nests, spiders' webs, and cocoons, is the home 
   construction industry missing a bet? Call your congressman.  We 
   might add a whole new meaning to the term "Stuck at home".

Posit 9:  The universe, according to many modern physicists, is made up 
   of strings.  These may be the only things sticky enough to not become 
   untangled after 13 billion years (plus or minus a few billion).  
   Radioactive decay, one of mankind's biggest challenges, may be due 
   to short strings becoming untangled from one configuration and 
   retangled into another!    Intriguingly, one theory is that strings 
   are so entangling that they can create themselves out of absolute 
   nothingness, starting out as mere virtual particles.  Its just a 
   theory  but it my help explain where coat hangers come from...?  

Posit 10: Most biological hazards are caused by fiber or string 
   interactions.   Is it surprising that the enzyme responsible for 
   aging appears to be DNA helicase, the enzyme needed to untangle DNA??!! 
   When you finally get tired of untangling things, its all over.  Fibrin 
   in the blood causes blood vessel blockage and death.  Insulin and 
   antibodies have long thin structures for a backbone. DNA, Protein, 
   glycogen, cellulose, and a host of biopolymers all are potential 
   sources of trouble (run for your lives! but first note that those 
   running muscles are also made of long thin fibers. Maybe just standing 
   still would be better?). 

Posit 11: Snakes, don't let that low friction slithering fool you.  If 
   you think getting tangled in strings is bad, imagine being so tangled 
   that you are on the inside of the string! 

Posit 12: If you insist on casting your nets into the sea at the end of 
   a great rope, be sure to lash yourself to the boat with at least three 
   shorter ropes, learn your sea knots well, and be careful not to catch 
   any submarines, whales, kelp, underwater cables, giant eels, octopi 
   or squid (especially giant squid).  After all, the only thing worse 
   than slimy strings are slimy strings with sucker feet and an attitude.

Posit 13: You shouldn't accuse your friends of tying your shoestrings 
   together, or getting you into other entanglements..  Blame the 
   shoestrings.  Laugh with your friends and enjoy the web!.  If you need 
   a web person (obviously not me) hire my daughter, please.
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