That's How It Happened

There are two scientific rumours that have long been troubling me. Firstly that even a tiny object such a penny dropped from a sky-scraper would embed in the pavement. Secondly that bowling balls shatter into a mist of white powder when subjected to severe impacts. Some rigourous researcher has done the necessary experiment to debunk these myths: by dropping a bowling ball on policemen from a 17th story window. I can now sleep easier in my bed, knowing that
(a) concrete is pretty resilient (just a 3.5" crater)
(b) bowling balls are even tougher
(c) one less NYC crackpot won't be trying to brain me from a great height.
As Fark would have it: jailarity ensued.