RE: ODD QUESTIONS YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO ASK - 4

#46 by Brookieboy , Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:43 pm

The same reason they call it PLUM pudding, I never found any plums in mine.

#47 by astwood , Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:48 pm

And theres no Tea in Tea Cakes

#48 by Brookieboy , Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:52 pm

And no dripping in Dripping cakes

#49 by astwood , Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:55 pm

No Nuts in doughnuts

#50 by Sheldonboy , Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:03 pm

What is the speed of Darkness?

#51 by Slow Jo , Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:06 pm

Why is the sky blue

#52 by Voltman , Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:00 am

Darkness travels at the speed of light.
The sky is blue due to the splitting and scattering of white sunlight as it passes through the atmosphere, blue being the colour that scatters the most because it has the shortest wavelength of visible light.

#53 by tca , Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:02 am

always a formua i cant remember see lightning start counting till you hear thunder then multiply by ??? is it 4 to get number of miles from storm front?

#54 by Sheldonboy , Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:27 pm

Quote: Voltman wrote in post #52
Darkness travels at the speed of light.
The sky is blue due to the splitting and scattering of white sunlight as it passes through the atmosphere, blue being the colour that scatters the most because it has the shortest wavelength of visible light.

Rubbish....The sky is blue because when the sea overflows, the excess water goes and sits up there until it's needed. Everybody knows that.

#55 by Brookieboy , Wed Mar 19, 2014 7:52 pm

Water sitting? it always splashes me.

#56 by Sheldonboy , Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:06 pm

What I would like to know, is why when you ask most people a question. Do they usually answer "I'm not sure" when they havn't really got a flying clue.

#57 by Voltman , Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:07 pm

I'm not certain.
Or worse still, I'm not 100%.
That annoys the hell out of me, I can see they aren't 100% of anything but what about the question?

#58 by Voltman , Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:14 pm

Quote: tca wrote in post #53
always a formua i cant remember see lightning start counting till you hear thunder then multiply by ??? is it 4 to get number of miles from storm front?

Sound travels at about 760 MPH, which is 0.21 miles per second. So it travels just over 1 mile in 5 seconds.
So you divide your count by 5 to get miles.

#59 by Sheldonboy , Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:16 pm

Quote: Voltman wrote in post #58
Quote: tca wrote in post #53
always a formua i cant remember see lightning start counting till you hear thunder then multiply by ??? is it 4 to get number of miles from storm front?

Sound travels at about 760 MPH, which is 0.21 miles per second. So it travels just over 1 mile in 5 seconds.
So you divide your count by 5 to get miles.

Easy that!

#60 by Brookieboy , Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:33 pm

1 Second Two Seconds Three Seconds Four Seconds Five Seconds six Seconds Seven Seconds------- I'm running the other way

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