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Post by ambergris on Apr 28, 2011 16:28:02 GMT
We had a slight electrical crisis in our household this morning (nasty smell of burning while in the shower), and it reminded me of this little gem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXF-z6mlwBkA good laugh after a bit of a fright. |
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SiljeMari
Smutty Mayhemer
"His head wobbles, look!!"
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Post by SiljeMari on May 3, 2011 9:27:23 GMT
I thought of aspargus too when Jeremy mentioned that name.. ;D  I hope nothing was damaged by the electrical crisis, Ambergris! |
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Post by aeromanda on May 3, 2011 20:38:16 GMT
I've always said that things are powered after you plug them in because little magical gnomes run around in the walls really fast and transmit power to whatever is plugged in and then it just works. Electricity is too weird of a concept. It is nice to know that James agrees with me. Well sort of. ;D
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Post by ambergris on May 3, 2011 21:38:49 GMT
Yeah, it's Muggle magic!  (No serious damage done, thanks, SiljeMari.) |
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Post by meimichan on May 3, 2011 21:43:00 GMT
I suppose I could try explaining electricity, but I majored in chemistry, not physics, so I'd probably screw it up. =P Plus I really don't know either. It involves electrons getting excited. And magnets in a solenoid for a generator. And another source of energy to transfer into electric energy(I'm a fan of sunlight, but that's because I spent 2 years studying chemical solar cells and CAN explain that one...sort of...). But I do like the magical gnome theory. I'd kill to see that theory with all the relevant equations explained by my high school physics teacher even if I think he'd start throwing stuff at the person who brought it up. ;D |
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Post by dit on May 3, 2011 22:07:41 GMT
This Jamesism always makes me smile as I've been saying the same thing about electricity for years. In addition, I am convinced that radio waves can't really exist as we can't see them so they must work by magic, and planes can't fly because they are big, heavy things and therefore can't float on air. End of.
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Post by crumbs on May 3, 2011 22:18:59 GMT
This Jamesism always makes me smile as I've been saying the same thing about electricity for years. In addition, I am convinced that radio waves can't really exist as we can't see them so they must work by magic, and planes can't fly because they are big, heavy things and therefore can't float on air. End of. Yes! Jumbly jets especially. Amazing. I have watched one lumber upwards and often thought - why doesn't that plummet earthwards? Mr Crumbs did explain. Sadly I can't remember the science of it all so the wonderment remains. |
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Post by meimichan on May 3, 2011 22:27:13 GMT
This Jamesism always makes me smile as I've been saying the same thing about electricity for years. In addition, I am convinced that radio waves can't really exist as we can't see them so they must work by magic, and planes can't fly because they are big, heavy things and therefore can't float on air. End of. Yes! Jumbly jets especially. Amazing. I have watched one lumber upwards and often thought - why doesn't that plummet earthwards? Mr Crumbs did explain. Sadly I can't remember the science of it all so the wonderment remains. Bernoulli's Principle. Pesky physics principles. Basically the wings of the plane are designed so that when you're flying, the air above the wing flows faster than the air under the wing, creating less pressure above the wing and an upward lift. |
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Post by dit on May 3, 2011 23:07:38 GMT
Now you're just being silly. It's air. It's invisible. How can it be going at two different speeds?
My physics teacher at school tried to tell me the same sort of thing. I didn't believe him either.
("less pressure above the wing and an upward lift" - sounds like a bra advert!)
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Post by meimichan on May 3, 2011 23:24:04 GMT
Now you're just being silly. It's air. It's invisible. How can it be going at two different speeds? My physics teacher at school tried to tell me the same sort of thing. I didn't believe him either. ("less pressure above the wing and an upward lift" - sounds like a bra advert!)  I could use a new bra or two. Except bra-shopping is only slightly less painful than swimsuit shopping and I have yet to go because oooh, self-inflicted torture, wouldn't want to rush on that.  |
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Post by devil-may-care on May 3, 2011 23:42:32 GMT
Seems strange posting this on the James & Electricity thread, but heigh ho! I have three, count them, three brand new, still with tags on bathing suits in a drawer. My husband insisted on me buying each and every one over the years despite the fact that I do not and cannot swim. Nor do I tan in any way, shape or form. I don't tan because of choice, mind you. I don't tan because of the Northern European blood running through my veins! I burn! However, even if I were so inclined to wear one of them, I wouldn't inflict the naked portions of my body on the free world. So in the drawer they stay! Now back to the mystery of electricity! ;D |
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Post by meimichan on May 4, 2011 0:01:24 GMT
Now back to the mystery of electricity! ;D I feel like a magician now since I'm apparently the only one here that electricity doesn't mystify. Swimming's the one sport I can do, but the self-consciousness still is there in a huge way. I haven't been swimming in years actually...hoping to do a bit more this summer. And once you're in the water, nobody can see, right? Plus I'm fricking hot, they'd all be so lucky to catch a view.  Or so I should possibly tell myself should I ever appear in public in a swimsuit again.  |
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Post by dit on May 4, 2011 0:14:37 GMT
LOVE the cartoon!!!
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Post by meimichan on May 4, 2011 0:21:06 GMT
It was used on advertisements to try to get tutors in the physics learning center. Those hosers never hired me, even though back then I was MUCH better at explaining step 2. |
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