Project for quiet winter nights.

[Martin Barrett]

This follows on nicely from the theoretical experiment Schrodinger's cat

 

 

And here a practical experiment

 

There is an international prize of 1 Euro if you can do it

[Admin Jaap]

Martin, get a job...

[Guest MotoMessiah]

Sadly I have some experience with fly powered transport. My ol' man would take a dab of glue to tail of a house fly and add a long streamer of toliet paper. Works wonders and would be ideal cheap advertising IMO.

[Martin Barrett]

Martin, get a job... 

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Today I'm mostly

[Ballacraine]

A bird can fly,

 

but a fly can't bird.....

 

I wonder why?

 

How absurd.

 

Nige.

[Guest Nogbad]

A bird can fly,

 

but a fly can't bird.....

 

I wonder why?

 

How absurd.

 

Nige. 

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Tit willow, tit willow, tit willow.....

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

There is nothing new there, Martin. Lots of bored helicopter pilots waiting in some camp in the middle of some swamp in Northern Canada have been perfecting stupid fly tricks for years.

The preferred fly is the horsefly - possibly named as it seems to have the most horsepower!! The trick is to catch the fly and then crazy glue a piece of thread to its back. Then you can walk around with your little fly on a leash. This leads to making little parachutes from tissue paper. The parachute shroud lines are then attached to the flies back and it is released to fly around the camp kitchen. It usually takes 3 or 4 of them before the camp cook throws you out.

One that I helped perfect is to attach 2 or 3 toothpicks on a piece of thread and then glue the thread to to stomach of the fly. It is then released to go heli-logging!!!

This popular sport is believed to have originated from the game of sticking a piece of grass up the arse of a horsefly and letting it go. The grass will put the centre of gravity so far back that the fly can only climb vertically and not descend. If anyone has ever experienced how viscious and annoying horseflies can be they will understand the popularity of this sport.

[Guest ratchethack]

There is nothing new there, Martin. Lots of bored helicopter pilots waiting in some camp in the middle of some swamp in Northern Canada have been perfecting stupid fly tricks for years.

I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK

I sleep all night and I work all day

(He's a lumberjack and he's OK

He sleeps all night and he works all day)

 

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch

I go to the lavat'ry

On Wednesdays I go shopping

And have buttered scones for tea

(He cuts down trees...)

(He's a lumberjack...)

 

I cut down trees, I skip and jump

I love to press wild flow'rs

I put on women's clothing

And hang around in bars

(He cuts down trees...)

(He's a lumberjack...)

 

I cut down trees, I wear high heels

Suspenders and a bra

I wish I'd been a girlie

Just like my dear papa

(He cuts down trees...)

(He's a lumberjack...)

 

from Monty Python's Flying Circus

RPf

[antonio carroccio]

Martin, get a job... 

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Martin, get a live!

[dlaing]

A bird can fly,

 

but a fly can't bird.....

 

I wonder why?

 

How absurd.

 

Nige. 

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A bird that flew

 

had the bird flu

 

but now it can't fly

 

we know why

 

how absurd.

 

--The Goose

[g.forrest]

;;YOU GUZZISTIS MAKE ME LAUGH.

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

Did you see the size of the tires on that thing???