Can something 'float to the bottom'?

[BendyBob]

I am very prepared to be wrong about this. Some of you clever pedants certainly know your stuff alright

I read this on the description of some diving weights that you chuck into a pool then play games retrieving them. Dd wants some...aaanywaay..how can they 'float' when their purpose in life is to 'sink'?

[Catchthewind]

Yes I do believe the action of floating involves being suspended by a liquid

therefore while they are sinking they are also floating, briefly

If they sank straight down they could not really be said to float to th bottom


but if in the manner of a feather being dropped, I think that is acceptable.

[BendyBob]

Hm..yes, thanks - I see what you mean. I keep mulling it over in my head. One minute I think it sounds correct, the next not.

Gawd knows why! I'm really busy and have more pressing things - like Christmas and it's terrifying nearness - to be worrying about.

[Catchthewind]

This is an excellent displacement activity especially at times of great stress

[BendyBob]

Yes I am becoming embarrassingly very good at it Catchthewind. I think mnetting is the ultimate example. I'm supposed to be on Amazon 'shopping'.