You will sleep better knowing these things...

[Zed]

If you have read these before- great!...some people havn't :msn-wink:

Zed


Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

A snail can sleep for three years.

No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

All polar bears are left handed.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick their elbow. :eek:

[bungbung]

The quack does echo, but it is usually too quiet to hear

http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm

Paper 7 times? how about 9 or 10 folds?

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_241.html

[jrandom]

Heh. I think about 80% of those have been the subject of Straight Dope columns in the past at some point...

The Venus one is a bit silly, though... clockwise from what reference point? And do all the planets rotate through the same plane?

And did people ever really drink vinegar with pearls dissolved in it, or did I just get that from 'Asterix and Cleopatra'?

[james]

its true you learn something new every day,thanks mate,buy the way,its impossible to die from self crusifixtion,you just cant get the last nail in . :yes:

[bungbung]

Brand names from JPMorgan Business Week Aug 5th 2002

Coca-Cola $ 69.6 billion
Microsoft 64.1 billion
IBM 51.2 billion

in $USD

[Zed]

Brand names from JPMorgan Business Week Aug 5th 2002

Coca-Cola $ 69.6 billion
Microsoft 64.1 billion
IBM 51.2 billion

in $USD
Next I wanna see an uploaded photo of you licking your elbow! :banana:

[bungbung]

http://www.heatherlockheart.com/html/licking_elbow.html

Heather is a part time escort in the Detroit Michigan suburban area

[Zed]

http://www.heatherlockheart.com/html/licking_elbow.html

Heather is a part time escort in the Detroit Michigan suburban area
No, a pic of YOU! ...double-jointed doesn't count btw.

[jrandom]

http://www.heatherlockheart.com/html/licking_elbow.html

Heather is a part time escort in the Detroit Michigan suburban area

Hmmm. A double-jointed call girl. Now *that's* using life's natural gifts to the fullest...

[Motoracer]

Paper 7 times? how about 9 or 10 folds?

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_241.html


That wasn't even paper so what is the relevance. Its like trying to clock the V8 supercar laptime with a GP bike.

[bungbung]

rhymes with month (lisping) c*nt

[bungbung]

That wasn't even paper so what is the relevance

Get an a3 ish sheet of tissue paper and try it yourself.

[Motoracer]

That wasn't even paper so what is the relevance

Get an a3 ish sheet of tissue paper and try it yourself.

I think it would be possible even with normal printing papre so long as it is big enough. Because I think it depends on the ratio of the 'Surface area of the paper' : 'thikness of the paper' to be able to make 8 folds or more.

[georgedubyabush]

"I am an antichrist... and I am an anarchrithst"

[Heather]

Hmmm. A double-jointed call girl. Now *that's* using life's natural gifts to the fullest...
If you think that's impressive, you should see the other things I can do. ;)

[Zed]

If you think that's impressive, you should see the other things I can do. ;)
You're in trouble now Jrandom! She has your number dude. :sweatdrop

[jrandom]

If you think that's impressive, you should see the other things I can do. ;)

I'm guessing Hitcher here, but Motu's an outside bet.

G'wan, don't keep me dangling...

[Big Dog]

No, a pic of YOU! ...double-jointed doesn't count btw.
Even I can do it as per that picture and I aint double jointed. :moon:

[Heather]

its true you learn something new every day,thanks mate,buy the way,its impossible to die from self crusifixtion,you just cant get the last nail in . :yes:
Nah, you just need a self propelled nail gun with a remote and good aim mate. :Punk:

[Heather]

I'm guessing Hitcher here, but Motu's an outside bet.




Guess again.
Hitcher aint got my legs and Motu is...well, Motu is Motu.

[jrandom]

Guess again.

Big Dog? That you?

[Motu]

Uh....um...Heather,would you like to come over and see my aglet collection? bring some of your own and we can swap.

[k14]

The Venus one is a bit silly, though... clockwise from what reference point? And do all the planets rotate through the same plane?

Yeah, that is right. If you look from above the sun down on the planets venus rotates opposite to all the other planets. It rotates around itself opposite to the other planets (ie, the sun would rise in the west and set in the east), i think you think it means it that it rotates round the sun differently.

Also, no the planets dont rotate through the same plane, but they are pretty close. Also they all dont have circular orbits, pluto has a fairly major elliptical orbit. Sometimes it is closer than the second farthest planet (is it neptune? cant remember). Just another useless fact.

[wkid_one]

Last time I posted these - CK argued the ducks quack echoing one as bullshit. He produced a document that confirms it is false.

I wonder how many others of these are bullshit as well

[k14]

Yeah, i dont believe that there wouldnt be an echo. Cause after all it would be a sound wave and all of these have an echo. Unless there is some sound phenemon that hasnt been discovered yet, but i highly doubt it.

Maybe the quack is such a high frequency that it goes beyond the human hearing threshold or something like that.

[wkid_one]

Maybe the quack is such a high frequency that it goes beyond the human hearing threshold or something like that.
K14 - think about what you just said.....can YOU hear a duck quack - I know I can!

[Heather]

Uh....um...Heather,would you like to come over and see my aglet collection? bring some of your own and we can swap.


Sure, I can look at your aglets, but it's going to cost you $300/hr.

[k14]

Yeah, i am talking about the echo. Of course i know i can hear the quack. But maybe with the echo the superposition of the waves cancels out or adds to a higher frequency than humans can hear.

Maybe it is just too faint. Dunno, but there is definately an echo.

[Heather]

Big Dog? That you?

No, still wrong. :o

[Big Dog]

Big Dog? That you?
Keep guessing, from how determined you were to find the perp I figured it was you "the lady, she doth protest to much". My titties aint that nice and I don't charge that much. :lol:

My company can usually be had for a tank of gas :ride: or a handle of beer. :apint:

Especially now that I work on K' Road. :lol:

[Big Dog]

Sure, I can look at your aglets, but it's going to cost you $300/hr.
And that's $US (although the sliding scale on the website starts at $450, meaning you are getting the massive discount, you would need to spend 6 plus hours to get the $300 rate.). Is Motu handsome or has she just proven she is a "drone". :moon:

[Coldkiwi]

man.. those boys at Salford uni have too much time on their hands investigating freakin ducks!

Their scientific explanation (pasrtially resembles mine) is that
a) echos are often quite faint
b) quacks build up and then die away (much like an echo) by their very nature so spotting an echo is tricky
c) ducks normally hang around open areas with soft ground where there's not much in the way of reflective surfaces. (which was my reasoning)

[Zed]

man.. those boys at Salford uni have too much time on their hands investigating freakin ducks!

Their scientific explanation (pasrtially resembles mine) is that
a) echos are often quite faint
b) quacks build up and then die away (much like an echo) by their very nature so spotting an echo is tricky
c) ducks normally hang around open areas with soft ground where there's not much in the way of reflective surfaces. (which was my reasoning)
On closer investigation you would probably find that the truth of some of these "facts" has been stretched...bit like reading the daily newspapers- makes good reading though! :msn-wink:


Zed

[bikerboy]

man.. those boys at Salford uni have too much time on their hands investigating freakin ducks!



It's not just those Salford Uni boys with too much free time.Three pages of responses..........
:innocent:

[Big Dog]

man.. those boys at Salford uni have too much time on their hands investigating freakin ducks!

Their scientific explanation (pasrtially resembles mine) is that
a) echos are often quite faint
b) quacks build up and then die away (much like an echo) by their very nature so spotting an echo is tricky
c) ducks normally hang around open areas with soft ground where there's not much in the way of reflective surfaces. (which was my reasoning)

While my theory is even simpler. Their call is bass, so slow moving and absorbed rather than returned by the surrounding environment. This results in a low echo with a long delay. Try it. Steal a boy racers car take it out to the boonies and set it alight. But before you torch it turn the stereo up to the point you only just hear an echo. Only the treble is audible. Put out a boom set to record different frequencies and depending how far the sound has travelled the bass would be quieter (largely disapated due to wind resistance) and later.

Basic accoustics you need to move more air at a lower speed to make a bass sound.

All of the models on the above mentioned sites assume a perfect transfer medium but the outdoor environment is not a perfect transfer medium there are other sounds materials that absorb sound and winds that carry/reduce/distort sound.

Its called the dopler effect high pitched sound can travel further with less interference than deep sounds.
God that hurt, remembering back to fourth form physics.

The problem with intellectuals is they assume the answer cant be simple. :moon:

[Big Dog]

On closer investigation you would probably find that the truth of some of these "facts" has been stretched...bit like reading the daily newspapers- makes good reading though! :msn-wink:


Zed
There is an exception to every rule except the rule that there is an exception to every rule. :baby:

[Motu]

Sure, I can look at your aglets, but it's going to cost you $300/hr.

Oh,choice Heather! we're gunna have a good time with our aglets...I'll pick you up on my donkey(much more reliable than a Honda) - you'll spot me easily...I'm the guy with a mustache talking to the ducks.

[Dave]

I can't believe you sad fucks that set out to disprove all of those things.

[wkid_one]

I can't believe you sad fucks that set out to disprove all of those things.
Who is sadder? The sad fucks who disprove them....or the one that goes to lengths to point it out?

[duckman]

Who is sadder? The sad fucks who disprove them....or the one that goes to lengths to point it out?
I'd say it takes longer to disprove them than it would to "bag" the people responsible for proving the facts.... eh.. :Pokey:

[Heather]

Big Dog? That you?
Figure it out yet?

[Coldkiwi]

While my theory is even simpler. Their call is bass, so slow moving and absorbed rather than returned by the surrounding environment. This results in a low echo with a long delay. Try it. Steal a boy racers car take it out to the boonies and set it alight. But before you torch it turn the stereo up to the point you only just hear an echo. Only the treble is audible. Put out a boom set to record different frequencies and depending how far the sound has travelled the bass would be quieter (largely disapated due to wind resistance) and later.

Basic accoustics you need to move more air at a lower speed to make a bass sound.

All of the models on the above mentioned sites assume a perfect transfer medium but the outdoor environment is not a perfect transfer medium there are other sounds materials that absorb sound and winds that carry/reduce/distort sound.

Its called the dopler effect high pitched sound can travel further with less interference than deep sounds.
God that hurt, remembering back to fourth form physics.

The problem with intellectuals is they assume the answer cant be simple. :moon:

umm.. dave, am I necessarily a sad f***er if I comment on a few dubious items entailed above? Would I then take the dubious tag of physics boy for wanting to be anal about the technicalities (even though maybe only 1 other person on this site would car/make any sense of it?)

oh the confusion!

(time to get those textbooks out again BD :whistle: )

[Big Dog]

(time to get those textbooks out again BD :whistle: )
:lol:
Like I said it has been a while (13years), but if you are able to correct me be my guest. I would appreciate the feedback.

Knowledge is life.