Why Do Boomerangs Come Back?

Learning to throw a boomerang properly takes a lot of practice. And aerodynamics.
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[TravisMohan]

I always thought they came back because I love and care about them.

[IvaNiftyChannel]

I threw a boomerang as a kid once and it didn't come back. Now i live in constant fear.

[coldfire]

you could have just said "magic". no one would argue

[shawncormier]

But can you imagine the surprise of the guy who found this out 20, 000 years ago?

[iprobablyforgotsomething]

I'm a little more impressed with Sokka's skills now that Hank tells me it's more difficult than it looks.

[greentarsier]

They answered my question!!! I can't believe I missed this episode.:O

[VictorPoulin]

I built a new boomerang and having a hard time throwing away my old one.

[jime]

Had one made out of a good, hard plastic when I was a kid. Absolutely amazed me and it still does today how these work.

[SelenaC_anime]

Sokka: Boomerang! You DO always come back!

[jesper]

The real question is why isn't my dad

[Kezajaws]

Here's a question: why do smooth stones skim across water so well?

[michaelpesavento]

Hi Hank, When I was a kid a Boomerang looked like the coolest toy! I wanted one so bad but my Mom thought I would break something or hit myself in the head with it, with good reason:P. I finally got one while on a trip up to a lake up in Michigan. I spent six dollars for it and thought that sending it flying out over the lake would be the safest place to play with it. I imagined all the hours and hours of fun I'd be having all summer with it.
The time came to try it out and I went out to the end of the dock on the lake and carefully checking the prevailing wind and making sure I wasn't going to sink any small water craft that might be in the vicinity, I threw the Boomerang! Not too hard and not too soft just like the man at the "Call of the Wild Museum had showed me.
I watched it fly with the intensity of a space launch, It flew away and while waiting for it to arc back towards me I momentarily lost sight of it then I heard the tell tale "PLOOP" and realized I had just paid six dollars to throw a stick into the lake!
I stood there for what seemed to me to be hours then my brother walked up behind me and said "Aw! That's too bad, so want to share my Army men? We can bury them in a sand castle" I said "Yeah, Ok" but for the rest of the trip I waited for that Boomerang to wash up on shore, Thinking back to what the sales display above the Boomerangs had said in bright red letters on a yellow lightning background "It Always Comes Back!" :P
Thanks Hank.

[RangerColinLZ]

Now all we need is the boomerang from the Legend of Zelda games. Whack an enemy with one, stun them and it still comes back. Repeat as fast as you'd like.

[tumblingrosesstudio]

THANK YOU for explaining the great mystery!

[swsephy]

I've never had a boomerang come back to me. I feel unloved.

[MMaslloveMM]

thank you for answering this question. i have always wondered this.

[fiza]

I don't need a GED now that Sci show has answered every shower thought I've ever had. Now, for my math homework.

[PMW]

I kind of want to play with a boomerang now.

[kasnitch]

if you throw them just right they will come back to the point of release , hover above you and then descend slow enough you can put one hand above and below, then bring hands together and voila. I was on student exchange to Aus in '74 and some buds and I picked up throwing rangs and got the skill down in one day of several hundred throws.

[Allisgrim]

Now Sokka will finally learn why Boomerang always came back. He did love science and reasoning after all.