Explaining Things Simply

[ChrisC]

We are reminded not to over-complicate things in our ministry.

I am in a silly mood. For fun, please explain in simple terms why an experiment I did as a child was unsuccessful.

 

Knowing that I was capable of lifting my body weight, I stood in a carrier bag and pulled on the handles in an attempt to fly.

 

[Qapla]

As you lifted up you also pushed down - thus preventing flight.

 

Is that simple enough

[Musky]

I have a question. If the rotation speed of the earth is app. 1000 miles per hour, and you're in New York , why can't you go up in a balloon and wait three hours and then come down and be in California?

[Qapla]

Other than to point out the obvious, that you would come down in Oregon or Washington, not California - I am not going to touch that one with a really long rope ......

 

 

 

But, I will ask one of my own:

 

How come we do not sound like ourself when we hear our own recorded voice.

Edited December 2, 2017 by Qapla

[Musky]

Other than to point out the obvious, that you would come down in Oregon or Washington, not California - I am not going to touch that one with a really long rope ......
 
 
 
But, I will ask one of my own:
 
How come we do not sound like ourself when we hear our own recorded voice.

It's because when you speak you hear your own voice in two different ways. The first is through vibrating sound waves hitting your ear drum, the way other people hear your voice. The second way is through vibrations inside your skull set off by your vocal chords.

[Qapla]

Uhhhhhh .... O K - (thinking, I thought it was supposed to be simple - so I can understand)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tortuga]

1 hour ago, Musky said:

I have a question. If the rotation speed of the earth is app. 1000 miles per hour, and you're in New York , why can't you go up in a balloon and wait three hours and then come down and be in California?

Because Californians don't like New Yorkers....

Sorry about that...

[Tortuga]

1 hour ago, Qapla said:

How come we do not sound like ourself when we hear our own recorded voice.

Because you have two ears and one mouth, so everything you say sounds different.  

[Tortuga]

2 hours ago, ChrisTheConfused said:

Knowing that I was capable of lifting my body weight, I stood in a carrier bag and pulled on the handles in an attempt to fly.

 

 

You were smarter than the average kid. Most kids try to pull themselves up by their boot laces and eventually discover that can be done philosophically but not physically.

 

Try a bigger bag next time. If that doesn't work, try a suitcase and an airline ticket.

Edited December 2, 2017 by Tortuga

[Musky]

If dogs sweat from their tongues, what are their armpits for?

[Tortuga]

3 minutes ago, Musky said:

If dogs sweat from their tongues, what are their armpits for?

Deodorant.

 

If flea powder kills flea why aren't parents arrested when they buy baby powder?

[ChrisC]

On 02/12/2017 at 2:11 AM, Qapla said:

As you lifted up you also pushed down - thus preventing flight.

 

Is that simple enough

How was I also pushing down? Pretty sure I was only pulling up. In fact I could feel the bag tightening around my feet.

Not convinced!

edit: So you are saying that if I did this on some scales it would show me getting heavier?

(I only usually weigh myself when I am descending in a fast elevator.)

 

Seeing as my thread has already been wrecked! - How can parrots make kissing sounds without any lips?

Edited December 3, 2017 by ChrisTheConfused

[Tortuga]

2 hours ago, ChrisTheConfused said:

Seeing as my thread has already been wrecked! - How can parrots make kissing sounds without any lips?

They aren't really making kissing sounds, they are just imitating other parrots. 

[Qapla]

10 hours ago, ChrisTheConfused said:

How was I also pushing down? Pretty sure I was only pulling up. In fact I could feel the bag tightening around my feet.

Not convinced!

edit: So you are saying that if I did this on some scales it would show me getting heavier?

(I only usually weigh myself when I am descending in a fast elevator.)

 

Seeing as my thread has already been wrecked! - How can parrots make kissing sounds without any lips?

 

 

Ok, back to your original question .... In simple terms, you didn't fly because you weren't pulling up hard enough

[Vinnie]

You forgot to tie balloons to the handles.