A sociological experiment someone should do (maybe me, when I've got time on my hands):

1) Assemble a group of two to five people in an area with tall buildings.
2) Have that group look up towards the top of a building, shading their eyes and pointing at a random spot.
3) Count how many people stop to look up at the same spot
4) Calculate how many people ask "What's up there?" vs. those who look but do not ask.
5) Calculate the average time passers-by will stare up at your random spot before giving up and walking away.

Someone may have been performing this experiment by my office when I went home tonight. However, there were two fire trucks (but no smoke) and a police car there as well, leading me to believe it was a legitimate... something. I couldn't figure out what. (I was one of the non-asking group.)

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