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over a year ago
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If you hold a shell up to your ear you can hear the sea
If you hold your ear up to a persons leg you can hear them say: "what the f*** are you doing?"
I'm sorry...I'm bored  |
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over a year ago
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"If you hold a shell up to your ear you can hear the sea
If you hold your ear up to a persons leg you can hear them say: "what the f*** are you doing?"
I'm sorry...I'm bored "
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over a year ago
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Theoretically if the entire population of China walked past you in single file at normal pace, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction..
True or Bluff |
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over a year ago
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"If you play "hey jude", at about 2:57 someone (apparently paul) messes up a chord and you can hear him say "fucking hell"
check it out in youtube"
Sounds more like someone saying "John". |
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"Theoretically if the entire population of China walked past you in single file at normal pace, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction..
True or Bluff "
Bluff, walking single file past an observer is an excellent contraceptive |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If you play "hey jude", at about 2:57 someone (apparently paul) messes up a chord and you can hear him say "fucking hell"
check it out in youtube"
This is in fact true, although it was John, on guitar, who said it. Paul played piano. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Pola bears are left handed! X 
bears dont have hands, they have paws, im calling fake on this one 
Thei fur is actually transparent not white  "
. And there skin is black. |
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By *ruitWoman
over a year ago
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"At normal cruising speed, both Concorde and the SR71 Blackbirds' engines only account for less than a third of the actual thrust."
O god I hope you're not my bloody ex husband! Thats his only topic of conversation lol |
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"At normal cruising speed, both Concorde and the SR71 Blackbirds' engines only account for less than a third of the actual thrust."
?? I don't understand - so where does the remaining 2/3 of the thrust required to maintain level flight come from? Or do you mean they only use less than 1/3 of the total thrust available from the engine, which is hardly a staggering fact as take off, acceleration and climbing require loads more thrust than the amount required for level flight. A bit like when you're cruising along a level road in your car - you barely need to depress the throttle pedal once you're up to speed. |
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"You can fit the entire worlds population on the Isle of Wight, but there would be standing room only."
The Math indicates in order to achieve this feat it would require 17.1 persons to stand on each square metre…..
Which would be rather cozy...
True or Bluff...?
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"At normal cruising speed, both Concorde and the SR71 Blackbirds' engines only account for less than a third of the actual thrust.
?? I don't understand - so where does the remaining 2/3 of the thrust required to maintain level flight come from? Or do you mean they only use less than 1/3 of the total thrust available from the engine, which is hardly a staggering fact as take off, acceleration and climbing require loads more thrust than the amount required for level flight. A bit like when you're cruising along a level road in your car - you barely need to depress the throttle pedal once you're up to speed."
Will post a lengthier reply soon, but the engines (turbine spinney bits) are at a continuous rpm of about 93%, the remaining thrust comes from the engines, inlet and exhaust tracts working together.
Think of a hosepipe full on. Now squeeze the end - what happens?
Some very clever people figured this shit out. |
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"You can fit the entire worlds population on the Isle of Wight, but there would be standing room only.
The Math indicates in order to achieve this feat it would require 17.1 persons to stand on each square metre…..
Which would be rather cozy...
True or Bluff...?
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Bluff, you could comfortably fit the entire world population onto the Isle of Wight, with room to sit, stand or swing a cat.
Of course many would be pushed into the sea and drown, but they then cease to be part of the worlds population, so no problem  |
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"You can fit the entire worlds population on the Isle of Wight, but there would be standing room only.
The Math indicates in order to achieve this feat it would require 17.1 persons to stand on each square metre…..
Which would be rather cozy...
True or Bluff...?
Bluff, you could comfortably fit the entire world population onto the Isle of Wight, with room to sit, stand or swing a cat.
Of course many would be pushed into the sea and drown, but they then cease to be part of the worlds population, so no problem "
I accept this answer.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You can fit the entire worlds population on the Isle of Wight, but there would be standing room only.
The Math indicates in order to achieve this feat it would require 17.1 persons to stand on each square metre…..
Which would be rather cozy...
True or Bluff...?
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It would depend on whether the tide is in or out. The IOW is England's smallest county during high tide, while Rutland is the smallest when IOW is at low tide |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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DeMontres
This is where I read it, everything you ever really wanted to know about Concorde - all 100 pages of it
http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/423988-concorde-question.html |
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If you blindfold a panda it will always head north, this is because the iron levels in their body makes them slightly magnetic...... Oh and when they get struck by lightening their black fur turns white and their white fur turns black |
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The phrase "the whole nine yards" comes from WW2 aircraft. A fighter aircraft like the spitfire was loaded with machine gun bullets on belts that where nine yards long.
If you saw a target and unloaded all your ammunition into him it was said that he had "got the whole nine yards" which incidently was about 8 - 3 second bursts. |
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In pubs of yesteryear it was accepted that you would keep your own tankard at the pub. These would be kept on a board filled with pegs.
If you fell out if favour with the locals, your tankard would be moved lower down the board. You would literally be "taken down a peg or two"
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By *at2Couple
over a year ago
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You can not walk in a straight line while blind folded in an open space you will end up circling in the direction of which hand you use but think you are heading straight on... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You can kill someone with your average gun, even though they are wearing a bullet proof vest. How you ask, shoot them in the face  .
Will think of less morbid ones now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Amazingly there are 7 Trillion nerve endings on the human body. What is even more amazing is that women know how to get on every bloody one of them lol.
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Never a truer word spoken |
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By (user no longer on site)
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A nice one I think.
Leonardo Di Caprio, Kate Winslett and James Cameron put up the financial support to the last living Titanic survivor after it was reported she was being forced to sell her memento's to pay for a nursing home. |
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Two for the price of one.
In Bahrain, a male doctor can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror.
In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.
Strange but true.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"In Oregon it's illegal to collect rain water as it's owned by the state  "
In Britain you have to pay water rates, even if you use harvested rainwater. Same logic. |
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over a year ago
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In 2007 the US military researched a "Gay Bomb", a non lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones to make the enemy forces attracted to each other.
It won the 2007 Ig Noble Prize.
Lol make love not war comes to mind. |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
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"Elephants have 4 knees."
Bluff, according to QI.
As mammals they have 2 knees and 2 elbows.
They had a question with a picture of an animal and red sticky dots. The contestants were asked to put the sticky dots on the animal's knees. |
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"At normal cruising speed, both Concorde and the SR71 Blackbirds' engines only account for less than a third of the actual thrust.
?? I don't understand - so where does the remaining 2/3 of the thrust required to maintain level flight come from? Or do you mean they only use less than 1/3 of the total thrust available from the engine, which is hardly a staggering fact as take off, acceleration and climbing require loads more thrust than the amount required for level flight. A bit like when you're cruising along a level road in your car - you barely need to depress the throttle pedal once you're up to speed.
Will post a lengthier reply soon, but the engines (turbine spinney bits) are at a continuous rpm of about 93%, the remaining thrust comes from the engines, inlet and exhaust tracts working together.
Think of a hosepipe full on. Now squeeze the end - what happens?
Some very clever people figured this shit out."
nope, still doesn't make sense. You don't need to patronise me either, I'm an ex military pilot and have a good working knowledge of axial flow compressor jet turbine engines including those with reheat. All the thrust comes from the engine, it's the only source of power. in your hose pipe analogy, it's still the water pressure that provides all the power - so I'm asking where this extra magic energy comes from. Your lack of correct apostrophisation throws into doubt your ability to describe things accurately in writing.
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"New York purchased the land now known as Central Park for only $5 million.
Today the Real Estate is estimated at $530 Billion "
And the design was based on Birkenhead park on the Wirral |
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"At normal cruising speed, both Concorde and the SR71 Blackbirds' engines only account for less than a third of the actual thrust.
?? I don't understand - so where does the remaining 2/3 of the thrust required to maintain level flight come from? Or do you mean they only use less than 1/3 of the total thrust available from the engine, which is hardly a staggering fact as take off, acceleration and climbing require loads more thrust than the amount required for level flight. A bit like when you're cruising along a level road in your car - you barely need to depress the throttle pedal once you're up to speed.
Will post a lengthier reply soon, but the engines (turbine spinney bits) are at a continuous rpm of about 93%, the remaining thrust comes from the engines, inlet and exhaust tracts working together.
Think of a hosepipe full on. Now squeeze the end - what happens?
Some very clever people figured this shit out.
nope, still doesn't make sense. You don't need to patronise me either, I'm an ex military pilot and have a good working knowledge of axial flow compressor jet turbine engines including those with reheat. All the thrust comes from the engine, it's the only source of power. in your hose pipe analogy, it's still the water pressure that provides all the power - so I'm asking where this extra magic energy comes from. Your lack of correct apostrophisation throws into doubt your ability to describe things accurately in writing.
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I think this has become confused. In cruise only 1/3 of the ENERGY is required to keep aloft. This is because of the crusing height and thinning air causing less drag characteristics.
So your both right. |
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"If you play "hey jude", at about 2:57 someone (apparently paul) messes up a chord and you can hear him say "fucking hell"
check it out in youtube"
Great one, never heard that before |
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By (user no longer on site)
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It wasn't my intention to patronise, Ben Rich (who designed the inlets on the U2 and A12/SR71) explained it better than I ever can -
Yes all the energy comes from the calorific value of the fuel being burned - it isn't 'magic' energy but pressure recovery from the sudden compression of the air being slowed right down to subsonic speeds by a shockwave within the inlet door bay before ingestion into the compressor stage 1 spool.
In the same manner a turbo charger on a piston engine doesn't magic energy from anywhere - but recovers otherwise waste energy from the exhaust gas to increase overall efficency.
"Your lack of correct apostrophisation throws into doubt your ability to describe things accurately in writing".
What can I say, I'll just go back to flying my poxy 737.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"You cannot kiss your elbow!!!
Lies as it was proven wrong the other day. Check google or youtube, lol.
Did you try though? "
Years ago and I couldn't do it  , lol. Just because I can't kiss my own elbow. It doesn't mean I can't kiss yours |
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"There aren't 24 hours in a day
Go on, amaze us. "
There is between 30-50 seconds more in a day as well as 30-50 seconds less seconds in a day. It all depends on the time of year. |
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"to get ketchup out of the bottle more easily. Put a drinking straw down to the bottom of the bottle. The airflow to the bottom from the straw allows the ketchup to pour easily"
I think that applies to any liquid, well it works that way with alcoholic beverages  |
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the average bloke can produce enough spooj to preggificate the entire worlds wummin in a fortnight if he was to become the last bloke on earth ..... or summin like that ..... that's handy eh ? .... ad like te see try an hump aw e fab in a fortnight .... |
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