Originally Posted by
fredswain
Yes you do weight the same but if you are standing on 2 beach balls, do you know for a fact that your weight is evenly distributed between them? If one is inflated slightly more than the other but you don't realize it, are you applying more force to one vs the other affecting your weight distribution?
Ok, so this feels like
Hooke's Law may apply here.
After reading that plus your question it started to make sense, so I think I have just changed my opinion on this after applying some brain power. It just might be a good day after all.