Comments on: Judge Performs Own Experiments & Rules That Pizza Is, in Fact, a Solid

By: Escher7

Escher7 — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:16:00 +0000

Would a Kleenex (which is clearly a solid) be an offence under that statute? The lawyer’s argument was clearly about whether the pizza was a harmful solid. (He would still lose.)

By: Angels3640

Angels3640 — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:59:00 +0000

This Judge is amazing….he should have his own tv show..truly brilliant and witty Judge. Honorable to the Maxx!! He should run for president in my opinion.

By: Rick Nuthman

Rick Nuthman — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:36:21 +0000

Oh really? OK, It’s obvious that a slice of pizza is made up of many components which are in idividual states of matter. The sauce is liquid, with possible chunks of solids throughout. There is also potential that there is gas in the form of steam emanating from the sauce/crust if it is still hot enough. The crust is without a doubt a solid, albeit a porous solid. Any vegetable or meat toppings would be solids as well.

By: Clint

Clint — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:23:50 +0000

More of a quasi-solid I’d say.

By: kyle

kyle — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:26:38 +0000

Plasma Pizza. That actually sounds like a pretty good restaurant name.

Unless of course it was a Bose-Einstein pizza.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:47:10 +0000

I don’t think it really matters what argument the attorney was trying to make. The point is you can’t just throw things at cars and not expect some sort of consequence. If you threw paint on a car while it was driving, shouldn’t you expect some sort of punishment? Not only are you vandalizing property, but you’re potentially doing something that could cause a car accident.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 22 May 2011 14:29:27 +0000

Well, in fairness, pizza is only partially solid. There is plenty of water (in liquid form) contained in a pizza, not to mention some grease. It would have to be a frozen slice of pizza to be 100% solid. I suppose the law is intended to differentiate throwing a rock at a car and, say, spraying a garden hose at a car. Technically, there will be plenty of particulate solid matter contained in most liquids, so I imagine the argument goes both ways. There are also certain tar-like substances that are technically liquids (they flow over the course of many years) but are so firm that they would do some serious damage! (see http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=7555 for instance)

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:28:58 +0000

What a douchebag judge. I agree with the attourney, the judge is arguing something else completely, and is ignorant of the real issue.

By: lewax00

lewax00 — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:55:30 +0000

@Tim – Unless you can find a legal definition for solid or some legal measure of how rigid an object must be to be considered “solid” then I’d say what he did was perfectly correct. The point is, throwing things at cars is a hazard, and he dealt with the case in a way that upheld the spirit of the law and its definition, if only by a technicality.

By: James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil

James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:22:25 +0000

This ruling should be overturned because the judge failed to consider the fourth state of matter, the plasma.

Having personally sampled some pizza with certain peppers generously applied, I can attest that pizza can be hot enough to be considered a plasma.