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Ringo Starr spotted in bouncing water droplet

Posted on Nov 3, 2009 4:33 pm
DACEY - ringo starr.jpg
The Starkey Effect Ringo keeps psychedelia alive

By James Dacey

Apologies.

I realize this is supposed to be a hard-hitting news site reporting physics breakthroughs, but I just couldn’t resist flagging this up.

It was whilst writing a story this afternoon about water-repellency in lotus leaves that I noticed something very strange. Bizarrely, everybody’s favourite mop-topped Liverpudlian seems to reveal himself in the high-speed photo images of water-droplets being ejected from the leaf surface.

Well, it made me laugh anyway…

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6 comments

  1. Zeth Z
    Nov 7, 2009 at 12:08 am

    OMG!!!!Sell it on EBay.

  2. Malcolm Stewart
    Nov 7, 2009 at 8:44 am

    No that’s Pete Townsend!

  3. yusuke
    Nov 7, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    it’s john=40%, george=30%, ringo=10%.

  4. beatlesinthebog
    Dec 2, 2009 at 1:05 pm

    Definitely John….sorry

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