Earth wobbles linked to mammal extinctions: study 3

[donbott]

So when an elephant dies, it falls over and the impact throws the planet out of whack, or am I being too picky?

DonBott

 

[SilentAiche]

Not to play politics here, but if a [blue]Donkey[/blue] fell over would the Earth's wobble be due to the fall or the applause?

Tim

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[Lunatic]

Well if an [red]Elephant[/red] fell over the wobble would be greater for either reason ;p

 

[donbott]

I think if 400 trillion Chinese jumped down in an area that small you would get more than Krakatoa. You would also get some Twistaankle, Bruisedaknee etc...


and yes I am ashamed of myself for posting this.

DonBott

 

[Trevoke]

*groan*
You should get a star for it, but it's too painful.

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"Well, that's something," Avi says. "Normally those two are mutually exclusive."
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[Ladyazh]

I gave him a star and I didn't feel any pain, just in my jaw from laughing.

 

[SilentAiche]

Don,

You forgot to mention "Tiennimen" elbow...

Tim

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[donbott]

Tim

Tanks for the reminder


DonBott

 

[fumei]

I would like to point out that the sun does NOT rise in the east. The sun does not "rise" at all.

Also, are you susggesting that the torque of tires - even a billion tires - would have any effect on the rotation of the earth?

Further, to describe the planet as rotating in a counter-clockwise direction is strictly a northern hemisphere point of view. From the southern hemisphere one could say it is rotating in a clock-wise direction. It quite depends on how you are looking at your clock.

Gerry
My paintings and sculpture

 

[SilentAiche]

[purple] I think hour friends 'round here look at their clocks in a timely fashion. I, for one, certainly do. I suspect others do, two. Good four them - they have good inTENsions. [/purple]

Sorry, I was aiming for e-levity.

"Tim"



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[kjv1611]

I think if 400 trillion Chinese jumped down in an area that small you would get more than Krakatoa. You would also get some Twistaankle, Bruisedaknee etc...

Actually, I would venture to say that was the most intelligent post in the whole thread! [LOL]

So, does all of the whole wobble thing mean that when my belly rumbles, it might cause a pebble to roll from my neighbor's yard down the street, which if rolling down a steep hill might hit a bump, hop into the elephant's mouth, thus causing it to stop breathing, and fall over?

Then, that elephant squishes a butterfly that happened to be sitting on a flower next to the elephant, and well, you know where that could lead!

Strange thing is, I don't know of any elephants around my area, unless one gets loose from a circus when traveling through the area. And then, my biggest concern wouldn't be whether it fell over or not, really - unless it fell over while I were standing next to it.


.... Though, ... we do have butterflies in our area, on occasion...

Now that is some intelligent talk, let me tell ya!

 

[SilentAiche]

Then, that elephant squishes a butterfly that happened to be sitting on a flower next to the elephant, and well, you know where that could lead!

Er, to a piece of "heavy petal" music?

Not a piece to be finished, mind you; surely it would be "trunkated" rather than [blue]herd[/blue] in its entirety.

boB




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[kjv1611]

I was alluding to the butterfly chaos theory.

[URL unfurl="true"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect[/url]

In part:

The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that ultimately cause a tornado to appear (or, for that matter, prevent a tornado from appearing). The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale phenomena. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different.

So, next time, control that belly from rumblin', or else it might in effect cause the earth to wobble and at the same time, cause a hurricane to kick up out in the ocean blue!

 

[kjv1611]

And in case anyone was wondering, yes there is just the slightest bit of sarcasm in the whole little story there.

 

[kjv1611]

SilentAiche,

There may be a tiny bit of truth to your punning or whatchamacallit.

U C, the petal sure would be heavy if it had a whole elephant lying on top of it. Now that really IS some heavy petal! Gone from oh, 5 grams to 4,000 pounds!

 

[SilentAiche]

Ahem,

The most popular "[blue]watch[/blue]amacallit" of all time is the Timex. And, no, I don't get royalties for the name. Wish I had a second chance.

[gray]Thread cross-reference: Despite its a-wristed development, all Timexes have an hour-glass figure and two hands.[/gray]

As for "a whole elephant lying on top of it," what if the pachyderm told the truth? If the petal weren't so heavy, it might've rose...

A thorny issue. I'll wash my hands of it, just to Stem the Tide...

treboR

[red] Next issue: we'll discuss the irony of "pachydermatologists" and any accompanying wrinkles.[/red]


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[kjv1611]

Wow, how the tropic has fallen from the tree.


[blushing shamelessly at the corniness of this one]

 

[kjv1611]

Oops, wrong pick of words there - corny.

 

[Gooser]

I've been worried for some time now, and my experiments suggest, that mining is slowing the Earth's rotation.

--Gooser

 

[kjv1611]

I've been worried for some time now, and my experiments suggest, that mining is slowing the Earth's rotation.

And I've been worried for some time now that some persons' mining of their noses is slowing down the rotation of the little hamster wheel in their heads!
[LOL]

 

[donbott]

My experiments back up Gooser's results. If I sit on the back porch with a book the afternoon passes quickly. If I'm digging a hole the day can drag on forever.

DonBott

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