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Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:56 pm
by big mervyn
LastKnightoftheproms wrote:Kofi Annan wrote:Expert: is it possible to fart in space and if so can you smell it and can it be heard?
Interested
I await Baggy's response but can't resist!
Sound does not travel in a vacuum so no, it wouldn't be heard. That of course presumes that the farter was unprotected by a space suit and was exposed to the full vacuum of space rather than in a space suit or a capsule.
With regard to the possibility of farting, it is essentially the expelling of gas from a closed system. Given that it's effectively a moving of gas from a higher pressure area to a lower pressure area there is no theoretical barrier.
Lastly, the odour issue. It would be "possible" to smell it but only in high density. Given the vacuum, coldness of space, the fact that you couldn't breath and the rapid dispersal in a weightless vacuum, it's unlikely that you would.
Boy it's awful not having Ulster Rugby.
in space, no-one can hear you fart ... that's from a fillum (probably)
Supplementary question: why do farts not smell on planes?
Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:12 pm
by BaggyTrousers
Kofi Annan wrote:Expert: is it possible to fart in space and if so can you smell it and can it be heard?
Interested
Qualification required, inside or outside the spacecraft? Suited & booted or not?
That apart, LastNight appears to have covered the science.
Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:14 pm
by BaggyTrousers
big mervyn wrote:
Supplementary question: why do farts not smell on planes?
Try sitting beside me or my brother sometime Merv, 3 were overcome by fumes on the way back from Birmingham.
Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:42 pm
by BaggyTrousers
Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:14 am
by Rooster
big mervyn wrote:
Supplementary question: why do farts not smell on planes?
They do as I remember you on a plane !
Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:45 pm
by big mervyn
Can you still get Paris buns? If so, who stocks them?
Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:56 pm
by theCloudSpotter
big mervyn wrote:Can you still get Paris buns? If so, who stocks them?
No need to buy them...
http://www.northsouthfood.com/paris-buns/
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Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:05 pm
by big mervyn
They don't look right at all.
This is more like it. Big lumps of sugar and so dry it's impossible to eat without a big mug o' Tay.
Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:27 pm
by ColinM
Haven't had a Paris bun since the bread man retired in 98.
Three white pan, packet o tatty bread and either Paris buns or Snowballs was the usual order.
Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 4:10 pm
by HwoodMike2umate
Who is going to win the Irish Cup final tomorrow sir ? Ballymena or Glenavon ?
Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 8:41 pm
by big mervyn
If there are 6 million bicycles in Beijing, why do the Chinese never win the Tour de France?
Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 8:43 pm
by Russ
big mervyn wrote:If there are 6 million bicycles in Beijing, why do the Chinese never win the Tour de France?
Short answer - they don't like Western medicine
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Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 12:59 am
by LadyP
Why do men have nipples?
Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 1:18 am
by Russ
LadyP wrote:Why do men have nipples?
You know we like when you pay attention to them too. They are also erogenous zones for us
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Re: ASK THE EXPERT
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 1:25 am
by BaggyTrousers
LadyP wrote:Why do men have nipples?
Quite obvious M'lady, so weemen have something to lick when they are being................... FFS Lady P this is a family show.