Cartoon Laws of Physics
This is something very familiar to our friend the coyote. Check out Cartoon Laws of Physics. Here's an example:
Cartoon Law I
Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation.Daffy Duck steps off a cliff, expecting further pastureland. He loiters in midair, soliloquizing flippantly, until he chances to look down. At this point, the familiar principle of 32 feet per second per second takes over.
