Why is it that when you spill a drink........?

Question

there seems to be SO much more liquid than could possibly have originally been contained in the vessel?!

Answer 1

lol true,or when you drop bread it always falls on the floor butterside down :)

Answer 2

Its because the molecules are under pressure in the beer glass. When it falls on the pub floor, the molycules expand over the wider area of the floor and is more to clean up. When the barman doesnt like you, the molycules expand even more which is definitely a weird phenomena

Answer 3

Because you would originally dislike the fact that you spilled the drink in the first place, especially when you really like the drink

Answer 4

its becuase the liquid is now spreading itself out over a large surface area but there is not much height in the spread therefore it goves the illusion of being more than it actually is.

Answer 5

Yeah, but when you drink it, there never seems to be as much as there was in the vessel!!

Answer 6

The liquid assumes a thin film which covers more area.

Answer 7

Lol i through a can of coke over someone yesterday coz i was slightly pis*ed off. there seemed to be quite a bit of liquid! lol

Answer 8

it's because it's condensed into a smaller space such as a glass...when split it spreads over a larger area

Answer 9

you're use to it being in there like that, always. because of that, you don't realize how much it actually was until you see it somewhere else.

Answer 10

it spreads out to a VERY thin layer