it's not possible to be "hard" and "brittle" at the same time

[donsu]

slimy criminal Rove wrote in Newsweek that Hill was 'hard and brittle'.

not possible

so which is it Rove? is she 'hard' or is she 'brittle'?

may Rove fall down and never get up.

[CK_John]

1. A glass ceiling comes to mind. n/t

[AngryAmish]

3. I was going to say cast iron

[Jim Sagle]

2. Rove is soft and plump.

Let's shove an apple in his mouth and have a global pork roast.

It would end world hunger.

[donsu]

7. lol

nt

[Auntie Bush]

14. soft,, LIMP, shriveled, skinny and out of commission where it counts...

[yardwork]

18. Best. Response. I've. Seen. All. Month.

[Phunktified]

4. the funny thing is....

Obama is looking like the more brittle one. And there isn't anything wrong with being "hard" or "steely." If Hillary was all Laura Bush all the time I don't think anyone would believe she had the gumption to be president.

[iconoclastic cat]

5. What about peanut brittle? nt

[MaineDem]

6. That's what I thought of too. n/t

[donsu]

8. what about it? peanut brittle is brittle.

nt

[MaineDem]

12. But hard when you try to bite it. n/t

[Renew Deal]

9. Have you ever melted sugar?

And then let it cool in the pan? Have you ever broken a rock? It's possible. (my response is in no way political).

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Quick ,someone tell the materials scientists!

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22hard+brittle+materials%22

[donsu]

11. hard is hard with no brittle - brittle is hard but brittle

nt

[TwilightZone]

13. Try dropping a glass on a concrete floor.

I think you'll find that it's both hard and brittle.

[Cirque du So-What]

15. I hate Turd as much as anyone on this board

That's all, just 'Turd'; the blossom is long gone from this specimen.

However, if 'hard' and 'brittle' are mutually exclusive, I may as well throw the sheepskin from my MS in Materials Science in the trash.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

16. Most hard things are brittle. Hardness usually comes from a crystalline structure

like in a diamond.

Crystals are not very flexible because the molecules are arranged in a tight pattern

(That's why diamond cutters can "cut" the world's hardest substance with little taps of a mallet)

[Basileus Basileon]

17. Yes it is. Glass, for instance, is both.

Many, many hard things are brittle as well. It kinda goes with the territory. Things that can't bend tend to break.

[yardwork]

19. Strong women are often described in these terms.

Strong men "talk tough." Strong women are "shrill." Men in leadership positions "make difficult decisions." Women in leadership positions are "hard and brittle."

It's the same old sexism.

[bunnies]

20. ever held a sheet of ice? n/t