Tuesday, March 8

stalagmite or Stalactite?

Derived from the Greek, stalaktos, meaning "dripping", it is only a temporary stalactite.

3 comments:

Florida Beach Basics said...

the things we remember from our youth! stalactites hang "tite" on the ceiling. stalagmites build up "mite by mite" from the floor.

Caroline said...

Or "when the mites go up, the tights go down". Some science teacher taught us this one, boys in particular thought this was hilarious.

Florida Beach Basics said...

tee hee!