Guam will Capsize and Tip Over into the ocean Hank Johnson
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A 2-minute clip of US Representative Hank Johnson telling a congressional hearing he feared Guam would become so overpopulated that it would tip over and capsize. Johnson later said he was joking.
HN uses it purely as a joke about politicians' grasp of geography and science.
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4 comments from Hacker News
And here's what you get when Congressmen Hank Johnson asks if an island, Guam, will capsize and tip over if overly populated. [VIDEO]
The submarine might burrow itself down into the Mariana Trench and then set them all off at the same time. This would open a crack in the ocean floor, draining the ocean. I’m studying how these things work where this guy went to school: [VIDEO]
Or my personal favorite, Rep Hank Johnson thinks Guam will tip over if too many troops get deployed onto it. [VIDEO]
Probably because Congress isn't smart enough to realize his mistake. Here's one of them worried that Guam might capsize [VIDEO]