Little things that make you wonder why and how?

[Tricky Dicky]

Had 'em for ages but I still find it pretty mind-boggling how planes stay in the air.

I remember the Jeremy Clarkson documentary on flying, and he said that are were still 5 differing theories on how planes can fly. Persionally I always preferred this one :

"Planes fly due to the combined will of all the passegners for them not to crash"

 

[Giraffe]

Why are there signs with little green men on the doors in Southwick Tunnel, and why is it closed so often, and why are they blocking radio and phone reception in and around the area?

 

[Braders]

Our local Tesco has a sign saying "trolleys will stop if taken beyond this point".
I tried it with one once, and it did. How?

magnetic thing in the bottom wheel locks the trolleys

 

[Dave the OAP]

Why are there signs with little green men on the doors in Southwick Tunnel, and why is it closed so often, and why are they blocking radio and phone reception in and around the area?

magic?

 

[Giraffe]

magic?

Wizard or witch?

 

[pasty]

Why are there signs with little green men on the doors in Southwick Tunnel, and why is it closed so often, and why are they blocking radio and phone reception in and around the area?

It's where the US government have hidden all the evidence that the moon landings were faked.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

It's where the US government have hidden all the evidence that the moon landings were faked.

Ssssshhhh, don't tell everybody.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

On a similar theme, how do f*** off great big ocean liners float?

The weight of the water displaced is greater than the weight of the ship.

 

[Easy 10]

Car indicators. What makes them click, and WHY do they click ?
Anyone who fails to notice something flashing on their dashboard should be taking the bus.

 

[Giraffe]

Wizard or witch?

Thinking about it has to be wizard as I don't believe broomsticks will fly in the tunnel. Perhaps you have tried it and can report Granny W?

 

[Giraffe]

If the Government said we had demand for a million new houses every year, where are the million homeless people?

 

[Man of Harveys]

Had 'em for ages but I still find it pretty mind-boggling how planes stay in the air.

Find a windy day. Stand somewhere windy. Hold your hand out flat and at a slight slant. It'll want to move upwards. That's it.

 

[Ecosse Exile]

No it doesn't. The next time I go to Tesco's I shall take a magnet with me. Hours of endless fun magnetising trolley wheels and causing mayhem when people can't push their trolleys around cos I have fixed their wheels.

Thats brilliant, its gotta be done, just imagine the fun you can have with one of those stupid women who ignorantly leave their trolley in the middle of an isle, watch her get all irate, hit her kids a few more times, then transfer a trolley full of shopping to another trolley. Then as soon as she walks away again, do it again!

 

[Mellotron]

How is Raymond Domenech STILL France manager?

 

[beardosh]

Found this which seems to solve the mystery

As a Tesco trolley collector (just part-time while at uni I hasten to add) I can confirm that these merely refer to the wheel locks on the trolleys. They operate when they pass over the buried magnetic surface at the car park boundary. This drops what is basically a small rubber chock in front of the wheel, stopping it almost immediately. They do not need to be sent away to be unlocked, all of us carry "keys" which reset the mechanism

Didnt Scott Mills on Radio 1 play a prank a few years ago where he played a certain noise down the radio stating that it would make trolleys come to a standstill? How did that work?

 

[Man of Harveys]

How is Raymond Domenech STILL France manager?

Ridiculous. No-one can answer that. Not Mdme Domenech, any little Domeneches with big eyebrows, no-one. "What is truth?" would be easier to answer.

 

[Dorset Seagull]

The weight of the water displaced is greater than the weight of the ship.

Why can't we walk on water then?

 

[beardosh]

Why can't we walk on water then?

simples, cause our foot print is not big enough for the weight above it. Even if we lay flat on the surface we are still too heavy for the amount of surface contact with the water.

 

[skipper734]

I can float laying on my back in water, is it cos ise fat?

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

I can float laying on my back in water, is it cos ise fat?

It's for the same reason as a liner floats - the weight of the water you're body displaces is greater than your body weight.