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Why are tennis balls furry ?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Its because a smooth surface on the ball would slide across the strings, making it difficult to control.
FYI there are companies throwing this into job interviews to see how the candidate thinks. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's so they know which one to pull out of their pocket.
......& evidently, the women like hairy balls in their knickers!
Incidentally, Barry Davies didn't tell me that!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Errrrrrrrm it would actually increase the aerodynamic drag, errrrrrm, I feel..... 
nope smoothness increases speed and less control"
So, errrrrrrrm then smoothness rather than fur increases aerodynamic drag errrrrrm then! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Errrrrrrrm it would actually increase the aerodynamic drag, errrrrrm, I feel.....
nope smoothness increases speed and less control"
yeah so surely the hairs must increase the drag  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Errrrrrrrm it would actually increase the aerodynamic drag, errrrrrm, I feel.....
nope smoothness increases speed and less control
So, errrrrrrrm then smoothness rather than fur increases aerodynamic drag errrrrrm then! "
Errrrrm not!!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"......lets ask Usain Bolt............  is he furry ?
I doubt it, - not too much aerodynamic drag, there!! "
yeah I reckon if he did not shave for a year it he would give us brits a chance |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"......lets ask Usain Bolt............ is he furry ?
I doubt it, - not too much aerodynamic drag, there!! yeah I reckon if he did not shave for a year it he would give us brits a chance "
Laughed out loud at that...morning. x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"......lets ask Usain Bolt............ is he furry ?
I doubt it, - not too much aerodynamic drag, there!! yeah I reckon if he did not shave for a year it he would give us brits a chance
Laughed out loud at that...morning. x"
Good morning sexy  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"......lets ask Usain Bolt............ is he furry ?
I doubt it, - not too much aerodynamic drag, there!! yeah I reckon if he did not shave for a year it he would give us brits a chance "
A slight hernia wouldn't go amiss, either!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"......lets ask Usain Bolt............ is he furry ?
I doubt it, - not too much aerodynamic drag, there!! yeah I reckon if he did not shave for a year it he would give us brits a chance
Laughed out loud at that...morning. x Good morning sexy "
Good morning Sir. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"......lets ask Usain Bolt............ is he furry ?
I doubt it, - not too much aerodynamic drag, there!! yeah I reckon if he did not shave for a year it he would give us brits a chance
Laughed out loud at that...morning. x Good morning sexy
Good morning Sir. "
Sir !!!! Oooh I feel all dom now |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"......lets ask Usain Bolt............ is he furry ?
I doubt it, - not too much aerodynamic drag, there!! yeah I reckon if he did not shave for a year it he would give us brits a chance
Laughed out loud at that...morning. x Good morning sexy
Good morning Sir. Sir !!!! Oooh I feel all dom now "
Which Dom are you feeling, Theres hundreds of the buggers on here 
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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago
not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds) |
I m in agreement with the guy that said dimples on Golf balls and prof private parts, smooth surfaces create a lot of aerodynamic drag,, rough surfaces break up the air flow reducing drag,, it will give it a far more stable flight as well
Top marks for prof pp and the other guy, the rest of you please see Mrs whiplash in detention,
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By (user no longer on site)
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It's partly down to tradition. Old court tennis balls used a cloth covered cork,hair and wool ball. The cloth covering was important as otherwise the ball was very hard.
Rubber didn't start to be used until late in the 1800's and the balls still tended to be hard and fragile so a soft felt covering was used, plus tennis being a tradition rich sport,never really tried to change the look of equipment much.
And partly down to aerodynamics, the felt covering offers consistent flight characteristics and stops the ball bouncing too high when it hits the ground... |
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By *am123Man
over a year ago
essex chelmsford |
"I m in agreement with the guy that said dimples on Golf balls and prof private parts, smooth surfaces create a lot of aerodynamic drag,, rough surfaces break up the air flow reducing drag,, it will give it a far more stable flight as well
Top marks for prof pp and the other guy, the rest of you please see Mrs whiplash in detention,
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why arn't sports cars furry then?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't see Lewis Hamilton with a furry exterior on his car? Or big fluffy dice dangling out of the cockpit!!
The fluffy tennis ball is for the strings to get purchase on the ball!
..........but can I still see madam whiplash? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I m in agreement with the guy that said dimples on Golf balls and prof private parts, smooth surfaces create a lot of aerodynamic drag,, rough surfaces break up the air flow reducing drag,, it will give it a far more stable flight as well
Top marks for prof pp and the other guy, the rest of you please see Mrs whiplash in detention,
why arn't sports cars furry then? "
They are designed to increase down force to asist road holding, so high pressure over the top and low pressure underneath. Before the common use of wind tunnels sports cars were death traps, the Lamborghini Miura, for instance, would lift it's front wheels at speedsas low as 80mph causing steering loss. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The animal they slaughter for the balls is small furry and yellow.
It's a tennis rat. This is where the name tennis comes from. Dates back to 3000 bc the pharos used to play with gold rackets.
All true |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The animal they slaughter for the balls is small furry and yellow.
It's a tennis rat. This is where the name tennis comes from. Dates back to 3000 bc the pharos used to play with gold rackets.
All true "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Will someone be able to enlighten me to why are tennis balls furry ? Is sure there's a good explanation ? "
I've taken some tennis ball related photos, lol. |
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"I m in agreement with the guy that said dimples on Golf balls and prof private parts, smooth surfaces create a lot of aerodynamic drag,, rough surfaces break up the air flow reducing drag,, it will give it a far more stable flight as well
Top marks for prof pp and the other guy, the rest of you please see Mrs whiplash in detention,
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I was under the impression that golf balls had dimples (and ball manufacturers are so protective and territorial of dimple patterns) because they increase the pressure differential between the lower front and upper rear quadrants of the ball to increase lift and to do the same side to side to increase swing thus making the ball more sensitive to pull, fade and backspin.  |
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