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I’m bowled over that you knew that was coming.
hee … I been doin’ my patri-idiotic duty … noticed that this one had disappeared from the Voting pages yesterday
O RLY?
What was their general aim in that fail? =.=
I’m wondering that too. At first I thought the objective was to hit the car with the ball, which they did successfully. Were they trying to do something other than that, and if so, what?
they were trying to throw the ball out the car window and have it go off the ramp and travel really high… Unfortunately they didnt take physics otherwise they would of known the ball and car were moving at the same speed and it would of fallen down on the car.
would have fallen… but the question still is, if they bowled the ball from the car, how did it come back down in the middle of the back window? must’ve had a hell of a spin on it
You’re an idiot and don’t understand physics. The velocity in X was decreased to yield a velocity in Y. Had they not hit the breaks the ball would not have hit them. Think about it. If the ramp had translated all of the horizontal velocity into vertical velocity (like a vert ramp) it would be very clear that the ball would not have hit them. PWND.
Yeah… amid your swell of self-satisfaction you missed the point. Obviously what you wrote was true about the distance the ball traveled, your display of high school-level physics was just top notch.
The puzzling thing is how the ball was released from a point outside the car and curved to the left to hit the car. The ball’s trajectory seems to be directed leftward when it catches just the edge of the ramp.
Thanks for that Neal. Um, yea, how would you throw the ball so that after it hit the ramp it would head back towards the car, that is the question, it is very clear why the ball was able to keep up with the car, especially if it was thrown forward.
Perhaps there was another car going the same speed, maybe it was invisible, and they threw the ball from that car
it’s quite simple really, you you pay attention to the rest of the scene both before and after, the weather is shit, probably about to rain, normally with shitty weather comes high winds, now depending on the weight of the bowling ball, im guessing 14 lbs the wind could Easily catch the ball and push it to the left especially when the speed of wind is much stronger the higher you get off the ground
That theory of physics doesnt work at all.
The ramp slopes upward, it doesnt point directly forward.
It would not be travelling forward at the same speed as the car because most of the power was forcing the ball upward, not forward.
In theory, the ball should have gone straight up, and to the right a little, being thrown toward the right, out the window.
This isn’t a high-school physics problem, this is the ‘real world’ where shit happens.
My guess, is when the ball hit the crappy homemade ramp, it shifted the board causing the ball to curve back into the car.
Or it could be wind, invisible cars, aliens, or something like that.
It was magic. Harry Potter did it.
Uhh…or maybe if anyone bowled they’d realize it’s possible to put hook on the ball…making it…like…go left…
Lol physics nerds.
yeah
It’s right up his alley.
I hope they have a spare.
What happen?
I think this lane is breaking down.
Did they ever succeed? I didn’t see the last few frames.
I think they pinned it.
apparently the ball cracked the glass at exactly ten past seven
It was a 7:10 split
(was the answer i was looking for)
If it is, the employees might go on strike.
They better pull off into the breakdown lane.
Avoid gutters at all cost.
*removes mind from gutter (temporarily at best)*
Oh please…spare me.
Dammit. I was on such pins and needles to post to the pun-run that I didn’t realize I was repeating a pun.
*apologetic squeeze to MRN*
So you feel like an absolute… turkey??
It’s the bukkit for us!!
It takes a lot of balls to admit you’ve made a mistake.
You guys were on a roll, too. I suggest we pick up these puns and pocket them for another fail.
*spares DW*
In soviet russia cars drive youuuu
ACCURACY WIN!!
Woohoo! Jimbo!!!!
My comment got eaten again. *sulks*
*less enthused now*
Confetti Streamers Balloons Champagne Cake
Woohoo Jimbo!!
*starts bubble machine*
*throws confetti*
*runs back to work*
Woop! Jimbo FTW.
Yay!!
*pops bubbles with pin*
*wheels in confetti cannon*
*checks to see no one can get hurt*
*fires across room*
In case he shows up, congrats Jimbo!
Woo! Congrats Jimbo!
*lights and hands out sparklers*
*holds up lighter and sways with the crowd*
Erm…the crowd isn’t swaying, fluffy dear. You’ve just had one drinkie too many.
*props Ms. Floofy up and gives her another*
Where is Jimbo lately, anyway? Hopefully that sickness wasn’t fatal!
He was seen briefly on the last fail shopping for kids’ sleeping bags.
It wasn’t me this time!
No…but you missed it by this much!!
*giggles*
It never ceases to amaze me…
The idiocy, the apparent boredom, or the way that bowling ball really bounced off the roof, Suzie?
… or the maze of corny jokes?
All of the above…
Perhaps the “maize” of corny jokes?
dat would just be foodishness
*hands fuzz a SpamCookie*
*tackles WN*
*incinerates SpamCookie*
Just what do you think you are doing mister?
Spreading the love, Leila ♀.
Ya just never know…
Don’t make me fight back. I’ll bake with scrapple! I’ll do it!
:barf:
Everything but the oink.
I loved Phillie, but the greasy cheese steaks, the gross scrapple and the so-sweet-your-teeth-will-fall-out-and-you’ll-get-instant-diabeetus shoofly pie, not so much.
*googles “scrapple”*
eeeeewwwww…and I thought the Chinese eat some weird stuff!
If you look closely you can actually see the hair in scrapple.
*never wants to eat again*
Does that mean you don’t want any of the roasted eggplant parmesan soup I made? It turned out rather well!
Oo, that does sound good.
Ohhhhh, if she doesn’t want it I’ll take her share. Sounds delicious!
Clickie for the recipe!
It (the soup) looks a bit weird when it’s done, but it tastes great!
Oh yeah, after reading your description, I’m definitely making that.
*cleans up drool with shamwow*
Teehee! I went to an upstate PA county fair today and ate deep fried Oreos. Dear god. So delicious I will never desire another one.
*oinks*
Brewski, I hate you so much right now. If you hadn’t mentioned googling “scrapple” I wouldn’t have done it and would have lived in happy ignorance. But now that I googled it… ewwwww….
Did anyone else see last weeks Destination Truth. In Egypt they ate brains (texture of creamed meat), penises, and something nastier.
ok… I’ll ask… what could be nastier?
*fleas thread*
What, you don’t eat fleas?
*looks at WN*
*scrutinizes list of people who like Spam Cookies™*
1. Jenny
2. WN
*doesn’t see fuzz on list*
*shuts eyes tight*
*holds breath*
*shrug*
*hands LGB a SpamCreamCone™ *
Blarg!
I’d like to order the spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam, please.
That’ll be a spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam, coming right up. Can I interest you in some spam?
No, thank you, but the spam looks nice. I’ll have that. With a side order of spam.
Spam, spam, and spam.
Got it!
*hands WN Spamcicle™, SpamOnAStick™, and Spam Pie™*
Enjoy!
I think I’ll have the Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.
You guys are killing me here!
Here, have a pepsi and be thankful they ain’t servin’ ya scrapple.
If that’s pepsi pasta, you’d better hide it from nightshayde. All the ShamWows are in the washing machine.
HEADS!
TAILS!
7-10 SIDE SPLITS!
Split-tails?
IMPROBABILITIES!
I DO NOT THINK THAT MEANS WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS
SPARES YOU MORE
BOWLING BELLE CURVES!
FIRST
Yup. You’re first, all right. You can cross that off today’s to-do list.
And it certainly made him cool!
And popular!
And smart!
And representative of such a large percentage of the population!
and witty!
And a carbon-based life form!
he was correct, that was a pretty &$#% STUPID thing to do.
great aim, tho.
Newton’s FIRST law of motion…
I don’t think they were paying attention in physics class. Firing artillery straight up from a moving train is the first example taught.
What goes up must come down.
So gas is going back down to $0.37 a gallon??
Unfortunately, that is one of the exceptions.
YOU WILL NOT MOCK US MR BREWSKI!!!!!
Mock, mock, mock!
*points and laughs*
*runsawaywithaquickness*
*mocks the BIG OIL COMPANY too*
Mock, mock, mooooooooooock!!!!!
*runsawaywithaquickness*
*hits the wall*
*sees multiples of Avis tweeting above head*
Oh…I am going to need an aspirin or two.
*hands Leila two aspirin and a shot o’ Cabo Wabo*
*swipes Leila’s Cabo and downs it*
*squeezes WN and Leila*
*runsawaywithaquickness*
*followsGracieatthespeedoflightandticklesher*
How am I supposed to swallow these pills now?
*replaces shot*
*drinks that shot too*
*tickles WN*
*gives Leila an orange juice and 7-up*
*runsaway*
Erm!
*takes aspirin and downs just the orange juice*
*doesn’t like 7UP, passes it to …anyone*
How do you keep running while so inebriated??
*receives 7-UP*
Cheers, Leila!
*chugs it down*
*recycles can*
Hey! I’ve been lacking in *squeezes* lately! I gotta make up the deficit!
*squeezes Gracie, WN, Leila, and anybody else within reach*
*GoesSqueezeHappy*
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Woohoo! Squeezefest!
*squeezes all failpeeps*
*groupsqueezesallthefailpeeps*
Okay, since the blogmonster won’t let me say what I want to say, I’ll just add another *squeeeze!*
*feels squozen*
*is content*
*SQUEEZES some more*
Yay!!
*squeezes failpeeps*
*even squeezes the blogmonster, despite it eating 6+ of my $%&#$ posts today*
Aw…the Admiral was bein’ naughty with Judy and I missed it!
*adds her squeezes to the others*
*trembles with fear*
I’m innocent! I swear!
*goes off in search of whatever she is referring to*
Well, the blogmonster wouldn’t let him say what he wanted to say…it MUST have been naughty!
You know I save my naughtiest comments for you, sweetie, and *inventories backlog* I’m pretty sure the blogmonster won’t be able to eat them all.
We’ll just keep ‘em coming.
I can has squeeze and/or naughty comment?
*giggles*
She said “coming” when talking to AA!
*fleesthreadwithaquicknessheretoforeunknown*
*gives LCB a squeeze*
Hehe…I squeezed the pus–
THIS NAUGHTY COMMENT IS EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES IN THAT THE BLOGMONSTER WANTS TO EAT IT BUT IS TOO EMBARRASSED TO COME OUT OF ITS LAIR
*blogmonster implodes from innuendo overload*
But… but… it wasn’t infected!
Blogmonsters are notoriously fastidious.
*gives LCB a shot in the ass to be sure*
*SQUEEZE*
*Belatedly add his squeeze to the pile*
*add’s
*
Looks above
*Is blushing in real life*
*turns the other cheek*
*thinks LCB is bootyful*
*knocks on door*
Is it my turn now?
Aifinkso.
Since a shot was given in one cheek…
*draws on other cheek*
*admires the moon tonight*
WOOOT!!! I’m getting in line now
*cuts in front of abstract*
*tuts at WN for cutting in line*
*does double somersault over both WN and abstract*
*lands in front*
There’s a Gulf station near my house that currently is selling gas/petrol for $1.28 per gallon. That’s considerably lower than the going rate in Massachusetts. It routinely causes traffic jams on Route 1, with SUV’s lined up to fill up with cheap gas. That, and the new Sonic drive-in. Go figure.
I’m tempted to drive there for gas. It’s hovering a tad over $3/gal in southern CA.
I didn’t know the California DMV gave driver’s licenses to zombies.
At least you don’t have to worry about getting in a single-car fatal crash.
Not true. Air bag = headshot.
Popping a hubcap in your ass = rimshot.
*bad-bum-tish*
*sneaks in and replaces fuzz’s ’tish’ with a ‘tush’*
You looked at the whole blog this afternoon without saying a word, and then you decided THIS ↑ was going to be your contribution? I’m appalled and disgusted!
<pre?All-rrrrright! Slap me some skin! Go fuzz!
This was supposed to be:
You looked at the whole blog this afternoon without saying a word, and then you decided THIS ↑ was going to be your contribution? I’m appalled and disgusted!
lol … tushay’d with tush-aid
By the way, fuzz, are you gonna eat the Spam Cookie™ WhoaNellie offered you earlier today? I’ve been holding my breath for hours now….
I thought your skin had an eerie shade to it today, LGB! Respire at once!
Fuzz is mostly Buddhist, Little Girl Blueski(n).
So he looks to not eat too many animal products or mental illusions.
I ate an allusion once. I thought it was a bit gamy.
*scrutinizes list of people who like Spam Cookies*
1. Jenny
2. WhoaNellie
3.
fuzzGood to know!
Actually Brewski, the California DMV will give a license to ANYONE, living or not.
but will they let just anyone vote?
No, I think the ball was released from the car. So the ramp would have to reduce its lateral energy/speed to launch it up. If the car had kept its speed up, the ball wouldn’t have hit it.
a ball in motion stays in motion until it hits your windshield?
How is this a fail? Weren’t they SUPPOSED to hit the car???
nah, it was supposed to land in the street’s gutter
It’s a fail because it wasn’t a BMW.
*sneaks up behind MRN*
*looks around*
*steals his ♂*
*runsawaywithaquickness*
You know that’s just going to confuse people, right?
It doesn’t suit you, LGB. You look a little too masculine now!
*shhhh!*
Let’s see if he notices….
I liked you SOOOOOOOO much better with a ♀ …
you cannot not notice her mirth
True.
*eyes LGB holding ♂ *
Ack.
Rats. It’s no fun being bad if no one notices.
*gives MRN his ♂ back*
*walks away, kicking rocks*
Aww… *pat pat*
Here, you can have my “ski” for a while. Go hit the slopes and have some fun!
Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Thanks, Brew. I feel all warm and fuzzy now!
*squeeze*
I feel a little naked and exposed.
But it’s okay, it’s a very familiar feeling.
*gets on ski lift*
*starts to go down bunny hill*
*looks down at ski*
Wait, I only have one. Brew? You got another ski handy somewheres?
Or an ‘i’ and an ’s’?
Where is my comment?
Ummm … s’right there ↑. Dontcha see it?!?
You are so helpful!
*squeeze*
My pleasure!
*squeezyLeila*
BURP!
Uh, sorry, Leila…
rofl!
Well, guess it’s too late to add any spices to it eh?
That comment was spicy enough on its own!
*squeeze*
You can say that I was in a saucy mood.
*SqueezeJudyBack*
Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your head.
~Martin Mull
It’s definitely more interesting than conventional bowling. On the plus side, it’s outdoors.
…and you don’t need to rent shoes.
Oh gawd! The shoes!!!!
I had a feeling you weren’t too keen on the shoe rental. But if you buy bowling shoes you’ve admitted you’re taking the game seriously. A quandary.
The few times I used the shoes I left my socks right there.
*shudders*
Nope, it just means I admitted I have the $30 to spend so I don’t have to use the alley shoes.
…and you don’t have to endure the clouds of cigarette smoke.
My eyes itch just thinking about that.
My mom used to be on a league when I was little, and she used to take me with her. Man, I used to dread Tuesdays….
Bowling alleys are going smokeless these days.
They all are smokeless by law in the northeast. And most of the west coast, I believe.
I’m pretty sure they are in Chicago too. Most bowling alleys have a snack counter/cafe/bar, and every “restaurant” in the state if Illinois must be smoke-free.
There is one by our house. Fairly new. The bowling area is smoke free however it’s allowed in the bar area and it still wreaks. Could be worse I guess.
Texas and VA are among the few w/o bans. Many of the holdouts are tobacco growing states. What an odd coincidence!
Missouri went (mostly) smoke free a little while ago. Soooooooooo nice!
I love it! Now I can pickle my liver without getting cancer in my lungs!
Hence the reason I stay in downtown DC to drink, rather than closer to home in VA. *sigh*
Yup, not in VA yet, but in DC and MD you can now bowl and breathe.
Smoking is illegal in all public places in a majority of US states (clickie)
Also England, Ireland, Germany (with some loopholes), France, Italy, and Sweden, among others.
Just curious – how many smokers do we have on the blog?
Just raise your hand.
Does it count if you’re trying really hard to quit?!?
Smoking’s not good for little birds.
*ex-smoker here*
*knows how hard it is to quit*
*quit 13 bajillion times*
*smoke-free for 4 years now*
*longest time since age 12*
Yes, you read that right. Age 12.
Who (or what) is smoking good for?
The movie friend is against it, so it’s added incentive.
(I’m really going to need to come up with a name for him aren’t I?)
Big Bird?
*runsawaywithmuchquickness*
Turkeys, smoking is good for turkeys. But only as a cooking method.
:p
I am soooooo not calling him that! I want to not use “bird” in conjunction with him. At least for now!
I’ll come up with something.
*snork*
Ex-smoker here, too. Going on nine years now. It only took two times to stick, though, not a bajillion.
*will never, ever, ever, EVER smoke again. EVAR.*
*applauds everyone was quitting smoking*
I too just last December threw my former best friend (pack-a-day habit for 22 years or so) out of my life (or lack thereof). It’s conceptually the easiest thing ever (don’t smoke, really that’s all there is to it), yet it’s the hardest thing you’ll ever have to do. I lost count how many times I tried quitting, then I used to joke that I was quitting quitting. Now I’ve quit that too.
Welcome to the club, ZA!!
*gives ZA a hearty pat on the back*
*winces as hand goes right through a rib*
Um…sowwy about that.
I smoke cigs and a pipe.
Is the pipe for the bad kind, or the wacky kind?
Ceremonial pipe Fuzz would know.
Someday I will quit the cigs but for now I have to want to quit like some of you people did. They comes a time when you are strong enough and then you are weak. I know a lot of people who have quit and gone off the deep end and have not been the same. I don’t want to be those people.
Very true Eagles. I quit many times before quitting for good, most of them were 7 day efforts. It got easier when cigs started to bring pain, but that’s not to say it was easy. I spent a week having to isolate myself from friends and family so I didn’t accidentally go off the deep end and kill someone I cared about. Actually, GTA-SA helped a bit – take a minigun to the roof of a building and go postal. I did that time and time again that week.
*curses how narrow these posts get sometimes*
*third time’s the charm?*
My last cigarette was July 26, 2003, roughly 9:00 p.m. Best thing that ever happened to me.
Any of you still struggling, please keep trying. It’s really, really worth it.
Agreed.
*solidarity-squeeze*
Absotootly.
*solidaritysqueeze*
gives an entirely different meaning to that old adage… “getting balled.”
Over the line!
Bullsh!t, Walter. Mark it 8, Dude.
Am I the only one who gives a sh!t about the rules?
we don’t need no steenkin’ rules!
WTF?… how is this supposed to happen?
I’m impressed (not hard to do BTW). Wonder how many tries it took to actually hit the car? And did someone actually THROW the bowling ball hard enough to make it jump off the ramp like that?! Again, impressive…
Let me guess, it’s a WIN?
When you pass physics class, you’ll discover it’s not so impressive at all. Unless you’re impressed that someone this stupid can still figure out how to drive a car down a straight road.
they threw it from the moving car… an object in motion stays in motion until… add in the constance speed/acceleration bit and it should make sense.
perhaps they were trying to see if they could make the ball explode upon landing. in that case, they failed.
OK, here I go, talking about the fail again. What were they trying to do, here? Hit the car? If so, that wasn’t a fail, that was… I can’t say it.
*boops Brewski ever-so-gently on the nose*
You know you’re not supposed to talk about the fail, young man!
What the… ?
How did you type !magine without getting censored?
Heh
It’s an upside down exclamation point, not an i, just like the start of my name. (alt+173)= ¡
Brilliant! Genius, I say!
Hmmm… An 1mage by any other name…
ïmage
îmage
ìmage
ímage
¡mage
║mage
|mage
That looks as sweet.
imagine all the images, imagine if you can. …
Hey, you’ve booped me twice in 2 days! Are you Betty Boop in disguise?
Boop-boop-a-doop!
The first was affection. The second was discipline. What will the third be?
*ponders*
safety
*squeezes the buttercow*
*cleans up butter goo*
*walks behind Leila with slice of homemade bread sopping up bits of leftover butter goo*
The outcome is not important, it is the intention.
Well, in this case, not so much the intention as the concept.
Actually, the concept’s not important here, it’s the belief that…
I don’t know either.
That they say, “Um, that was a bad idea!” and look rather forlorn at the end, gives me to think they just wanted to launch an accelerated bowling ball from the car window onto a ramp (and film it) — never expecting it to land on them.
Like Admiral says ^^ — physics is the Law.
And Like MRN says ^ — this is some fuzzy thinkin’.
If they had just hit the gas instead of braking…
ah, but then we wouldn’t have the fail!
Akshully, we’d not have the fail if they had hit the gas OR the brakes. The ball hit them because it was traveling at the same speed they were when they let go of it from the car window onto the ramp. The fact they maintained their speed put them “right there” where the ball was when it landed.
Now if they’d had a laden swallow …
I’m pretty sure they hit their brakes. The ball had further to travel since it didn’t go in a straight line.
I don’t think that’s quite right, Scott. The ball’s left-right velocity did not come at the expense of its forward velocity.
Here is what I observe and deduce:
1. The car’s braking effort was minimal.
2. The thrower’s added forward (y-vector) component was negated by the friction of the ball hitting the ramp and wind resistance once the ball went ballistic.
3. The thrower imparted a slight but critical left (x-vector) component.
4. The slight braking of the car matched nearly perfectly with wind resistance on the ball.
Well, I agree the x-vector was critical. (even if your 3 should have been safety)
However, I stand by my statement, the ball had to travel further than the car.
The car’s break lights are on when they come into view, and only turn off when the ball hits the car.
I agree, the ball traveled farther than the car and farther than it would have if thrown straight ahead, but it’s not relevant. The distance traveled downrange is what matters and is the same for car and ball.
I’ve thought about this all afternoon. While I think I’m right, I’m not positive about it either. Finally I’ve had an idea. There are only 2 people I can think of who could actually put this to the test. I have therefore (re)submitted the video to Mythbusters.
*snorkroffle*
Genius! If that makes it into an episode, we need to have a fail-party in your honor. Did you mention FB at all?
*smacks forehead, rushes back to Mythbusters discussion board*
(could’ve had a V-8!)
The ball’s forward velocity was the same as the car when it was released. The fact that the thrower added an additional vector component 90° from the forward motion takes nothing away from the forward vector. If the ball’s forward vector is 30 MPH and the thrower adds a 2 MPH leftward vector, the ball still travels 30 MPH down the road while it arcs over the roof of the car.
(Please let me know if this is bugging you AA, but I enjoy discussing these sorts of things, and don’t get much opportunity.)
Yes, I agree with that. Whayt I’m saying is the extra distance means it will take longer to get there. That’s why I think the car had to slow down some to be there when the ball landed, and why, had they sped up, it would have missed them.
Okay, now we’re getting somewhere…there is no “extra” distance that’s relevant to the forward vector. The distance traveled down the road is the same for the ball and the car. The forward vector is responsible for covering the distance traveled down the road. It doesn’t matter that there is another velocity component. The perpendicular velocity is responsible for covering the right-to-left distance.
Yes, they went the same distance when measured to the point of impact. However, the car went straight, and the ball went in an arc. The shortest distance between two points(where the ball was released, and where it impacted) is a straight line. The car went straight. The ball did not, and therefore took a longer route to the point of impact.
Wait, wait it seems a bit counter intuitive that adding speed when launching a ball doesn’t change its launched speed. Are you saying it is so small/minimal that it is negligible?
Oh, Scotty. I may have a solution. Ever do a projectile motion question? I am going to *shudder* assume you have. The x velocity has no effect on the y velocity and in this case the z velocity as well. I am doing this in school now as well. So if a ball has a set x speed negating frictional forces in a vacuum is what I am referencing, gravity doesn’t change the x movement. Even though it looks like it is not making as much progress in the x, it is still making the same change in x while the y difference is increasing greatly dwarfing the x’s change in distance.
AA will have to answer that one. I know much less about it than him. I’m just talking geometry.
Yea it has to do with the sine or cosine between the velocities. Since they are 90degrees from each other means they do not affect each other. Has to do with forces as well, but that is another headache.
Yes, Emp., been a long time, but I have, and I’m not saying anything about the velocities involved. All I’m saying is that if you were to measure the arc of the ball, it is a greater distance than the straight line of the car.
Yea, but coordinately the distances traveled are the same.
Yeah, and like I said, it’s been a long time since I’ve done any vector math.
Let me give this another try, because I can see we’re close to an understanding:
Case 1: A tennis ball launcher is aimed at a practice wall. When fired, the tennis ball flies straight at the wall and hits it after 5 secs of flight time.
Case 2: Same exact setup but this time the tennis ball launcher is towed perpendicular to the wall at a constant speed when the tennis ball is fired.
How long does it take the tennis ball to strike the wall? Answer: 5 secs,
Did the ball travel farther in case 2 than in case 1?
Answer: Yes.
OK, so then why is the time the same? Is the extra distance just insignificant at this range?
I’m really trying to figure what I’m missing here, not trying to be obtuse or annoying. My google powers aren’t helping with this either.
The speed in one direction doesn’t affect the speed in another direction.
If I launch a ball up as hard as I can and it returns in 3 seconds. The same time will be viewed if I arced the ball with the same upward force.
A simple home test is to jump your highest. You can only stay in the air a max of 2 seconds. Now jump forwards. You will notice your airtime is still the same meaning you still jumped as high but you moved forward none the less.
AA for the bowling ball launched by the person. Did you consider his/her launching added speed negligible?
Oh, no, it’s not insignificant…it’s irrelevant. The towing velocity could be faster than the muzzle velocity of the tennis ball launcher and it wouldn’t change the scenario one bit. The distance travelled downrange does not change. The velocity of the ball moving downrange does not change. The total distance traveled is longer in the moving launcher case because there is another vector to the flight of the ball which can be considered separately.
(Sorry, random person entering the conversation, but I <3 physics.) The ramp is the x-factor here. While I would agree that any left-right motion is irrelevant to the discussion, what is *not* irrelevant is that some of the forward motion is changed to vertical motion by the ramp. If the ball maintained its lateral speed as you're implying while also gaining a vertical component, that means its overall velocity must actually be *higher* than when it was released. That means greater kinetic energy, and since it's also gained potential energy by being lifted off the ground, you're violating the law of conservation of energy (unless this is a rocket-powered bowling ball?).
Agreed. There was a thrower in the car.
Thank you. SO we did not ignore that the thrower added speed/velocity to the bowling ball.
I assume whatever speed the thrower was negated/converted to heat, sound and transitioned into vertical velocity. So at first the bowling ball was traveling faster than the car was.
OK, I was missing the extra energy in the Y axis. A higher total velocity is required to hit the same point at a higher angle. Thanks for everyone’s patience.
Your average bowler (based on my league, anyway) throws the ball about 15mph. That’s with a full run-up… doubtful anyone danging their arm out the window of a moving car fighting wind resistance is going to get anywhere near that. I’d estimate they’d impart an additional 5mph at most. When you start factoring in that friction is turning some of the forward kinetic energy to rotational kinetic energy, I still think without braking they would have been fine.
You know, I took Physics in high school (ok, conceptual physics) and even got fairly good grades in it. But you guys lost me a looooooong time ago. Regardless of what the physics of this particular experiment were, why would someone try it in the first place? I mean, unless of course you star in the cable show “Mythbusters”. Then I can TOTALLY see why you would attempt this.
Maybe it was an audition video.
And the myth they were attempting to bust was….?
…that there are no new stupid pointless things left to do in the world?
Hey nobody, do yourself and us a favo(u)r… stick around. Go to the failpeeps blog to know of other rules and ways of the blog. But I definitely believe a mind like yours has lots to offer us.
Now onto my physical. :p
I would assume air resistance would not affect the throw that much. I was say a greater impact comes from the small torque radius. The air resistance wouldn’t affect it since he would be close to the car, inside the car’s already produced wind resistance cone. If he is outside, hanging his hand out with a weight would allow him to divert the wind anyways since his arm would be treated as a (I can’t find the exact word) but it would cut the wind, the ball is round so it too will allow the wind to go around it. I say the greater reducer on the possible generated speed is the amount he can hand his arm or body out the window.
I’m not convinced that the wind resistance on the arm is negligible, but yes, the properties of the air around the car do affect it, and I do agree that the effect of wind on the ball itself is probably not significant. Yes, it mostly has to do with how much swing the throw could get in with his arm, which is complicated by the fact that he’s going to be also expending some energy/control to keep from smacking the side of the car with it.
I stand by the no-brake, no-problem stance. It looks like we agree on the physics, now we’re just arguing over the assumptions.
The physics is not in question you are correct. Now we are just discussing parameters.
I assume his arm to be like a knife, with the swing trajectory taken into mind, his elbow would have to be facing the direction of the swing. Allowing him to cut through the wing.
You mean elbow into the wind? He would have to be using his left arm then… that seems terribly awkward.
Nope, I am talking about some serious supination. That and a downward rather than standard swing. Ie bringing your arm facing the sky and across your body.
I’m having a terrible time trying to visualize “bringing your arm facing the sky and across your body”. Can you expand on that a little?
Dear God! Adam and Jamie would have a field day with this whole thread!!
Oh and Nobody Important? I’d like to second Emp’s suggestion that you stick around. You seem like you could be fun!
Arms out.
Turn the palm upwards.
Now bring your right arm to your left side all the while having the arm still facing up.
Now !magine your body was laying horizontally. The same motion can drive the bowling ball.
Ummm… Emp? What land-yacht (I swear that word looks wrong) do plan on using and what method of holding the individual in the optimum position? Also which olympian do you propose to do the throwing, as it looks like this is going to take quite a bit of skill.
Ok, I get it, but I’m not sure you could still get your elbow into the wind like that.
Now we’re crossing into anatomy, which I’m not nearly as well versed in, but I’d say it unlikely the muscles involved in that sort of swing can impart as much energy as in a standard forward roll (especially with such extreme supination, if I’m understanding you correctly).
Plus, that implies that the thrower is sticking his entire torso out the window. Do you really think that’s likely in this case?
I want to throw some numbers at this. What would you estimate to be:
1. The speed of the car at release.
2. The maximum height of the ball.
3. The distance from the ramp to the point of impact.
I don’t know, I am simply postulating. I can almost assure that they did not have their seat-belts on.
I do not mean the outside of the elbow but the bottom portion, the part that never gets tanned.
I assume that a regular person hanging half out the window could have done this.
Any person can do this so no superior athlete and any car will do.
I actually have an awkward swing when it comes to bowling. I throw the ball with the same hand orientation as shaking hands.
Distance of ramp to impact is a bit hard to judge because of the angle of the shot.
Max height I estimate to 15 meters maximum.
Speed I hazard around 92km/h. Don’t know the conversion.
Ok I had to go look up the equation, it’s been so long. Turns out the only things that matter are the time of flight and the speed of the car. For a vertical trajectory:
y = (v0)*t – (1/2)*g*(t^2)
I estimate the total time of flight to be about 2 seconds (slightly less, I think). We can then find the initial *vertical* velocity of the ball by plugging in y=1.5m (estimate of height of impact). I get 10.6m/s. If we take your estimate of the car’s speed (which seems high to me), that’s about 25.6m/s. Combine the two and you have an actual launch velocity of 27.7m/s, meaning they must have imparted at least 2.1 m/s or around 5 mph to the ball *in addition to* what they needed to overcome any losses to friction, rotational speed, wind, etc.
Theoretically possible? *Maybe* under ideal conditions. Doubtful in the real world.
Yup, it seems plausible, if we had the real numbers we would likely come up with the actual scenario’s outcome. We know its possible because of the fact that we witnessed this video. It is the replication that we need to figure out. Cheers Nobody, we agree and now I must bid you goodnight. It is 2 am and I have school at 9.
Heh. Wish I could go to bed, I got stuck working a second shift to support our folks doing physical inventory. At least I have the place to myself…
I still maintain that the only way this was possible in this example is because the folks rode their brakes after releasing the ball, but I think we’ve gotten about as far as we can with what data we have to work with.
Have a good one.
Exactly, that’s what I meant. They braked, you can see the brake lights on the car. Not hard, though.
This fail would probably be pretty hard to repeat!
I do think they should try, though.
…strictly for our entertainment, of course. Well, that and more physics lessons.
yes, they should re-try… and keep it up until their ball explodes.
I agree with Scott. When the ball hit the ramp, the normal force had a horizontal component in the reverse direction to the ball’s motion. Therefore, even ignoring friction and wind resistance, the airborne ball would have had a lower lateral velocity than the car had at the point when the ball was released. They would likely have been fine if they had maintained their speed.
You don’t need a physics degree to figure this out. If it’s true that the ball would have the same ground speed as the car with *that* ramp, then it would be true for all ramps (that ramp doesn’t have a “magic angle” to it). Let’s jack the angle of the ramp up to 70 or 80 degrees instead of its current angle. You can’t tell me that ball would still have the same ground speed as the car if it hit an 80 degree ramp. What about 85 degrees?
Sometimes (like yesterday), I’m glad I can’t see the videos here at work. Other days, I’m a little bummed about it. Sounds like this one might be worth seeing rather than !magining.
Whatever you do, don’t go to the previous fail.
*distracts NS*
Remember, we decided that stripping is the best distraction.
Awesome!! When’s the show start?
*pulls up chair*
*hands some popcorn to MRN*
*pulls chair and grabs some popcorn too*
So, who is stripping?
*shows up with paint remover, brushes, scraper, and sandpaper*
Hey everyone. So, where’s the furniture?
You engineers are such party poopers.
Oh wait! I’m an engineer!
*runs off to program a new formula into HP calculator*
What? Wrong kind of stripping? Damn, I would have brought dollar bills instead!
Dollar…DOLLAR bills? Minimum is $100.
*stripes parking lot, collecting C-notes as I go*
*hands WN a shovel*
It’s all about the Benjamins.
Show me the money!!! Show me the money!!!
How about my moneymaker?
*turns around*
*wiggledances*
You can make MONEY with it, Judy?!?
*ponders*
Lemme see!
*this is gonna be good*
*frantically searches pockets for dollar bills*
*throws them all at Judy*
*applauds and whistles enthusiastically*
*swipes the “ski” from LGB*
*gives it back to Brew*
*squeezes everybody*
*boops Gracie on the nose*
Hey! He’s lettin’ me borrow it for a little while! I didn’t steal it! Honest!
*eyes LGB skeptically*
Suuurre he did. I believe you!
He did, really Gracie! Look up there ↑
It’s true, he did lend it to her! I saw the whole thing!
Oh, yeah? Well we need proof! Photos! Video! Sketches! Anything! We gotta get the solid stuff!
I saw it already.
What kind of sick bastard comes up with something like that … and what group of sick bastards approve the proposal and manufacture the toy? 
Is there something in the comments to avoid, or was it just the fail itself?
Just the fail, the comments were surprisingly light on idiocy.
That’s just because I was too busy to post much.
I was expecting many more hateful posts from the last fail, and there weren’t
lol … a dark Brewski FTW
√
*logs in notebook*
√
*notes in logbook*
X
*notes in treebook*
√s
*Leila’s notes*
As well you should. English isn’t my first language ya know.
Nu-uh. Seriously? I don’t beweave it.
*has doubts*
I know Leila speaks Italian and Texan AND English….
natural selection irl
organic
OLED
Erm…I think Cloral just had a seizure.
…as long as he doesn’t have a fever.
maybe he got OLÉD
Oil of Olayed?
What did they expect to happen?
I suspect they failed to consider the consequences.
To bad there wasn’t more wind in the air and wind in the road –
otherwise this wouldn’t have failed and would have win’d!
*aims at fuzz’s ‘to’ post*
*squints with one eye closed*
*sticks tongue out corner of mouth*
*let’s ‘o’ roll down the lane*
STRIKE!
*b’lolling ball*
… too infinitive and beyond!!
“Dudes! Listen! I got a *great* idea! This will be awesome…!”
Hilarity ensues.
The cameraman has a knack for understatement.
Skittles is an old European lawn game, a variety of bowling, from which ten-pin bowling, duckpin bowling, and candlepin bowling in the United States, and five-pin bowling in Canada are descended. In the United Kingdom, the game remains a popular pub sport in England and Wales, though it tends to be found in particular regions, not nationwide. A continental version is popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In Australia, other varieties of bowling are more popular, but the similar game of kegel, based on German nine-pin bowling, is popular in some areas.
Taste the rainbow?
… falling on your head?
♪But that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turning red.♫
♪ Bowling balls keep falling on my head ♫
♪ … or orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, or violet ♫
Now I’m hungry. Thanks.
wait, what??
* goes to google kegel *
I bet you found some interesting results…
Someone explain. What was original goal of their performance?
their goal was to be a bunch of stupid teenagers. They weren’t trying to hit the car, they were just trying to launch the bowling ball. These guys deserve a Darwin award.
I think they were bowling from the car, aiming to make the ball go out into the field on the right. However, it appears the ball went up the left edge of the ramp, somehow directing it left, back over the road.
OMG I didnt realized that the ball was casted from the car. Mea culpa
What an idiots!
What an idiots Indie-d!
The one hanging out the window nearly made himself an hero!
..an’ he’s not lyin!
Do it froglet!
It struck perfectly; didn’t spare even a little bit of force.
*admires*
You should roll up to the blog frame up above, and pin your pun to the run up there.
*squeeze*
There is a pun run up there??
*SqueezesBothBrewskiAndShadow*
Have we ever really had a day without a pun run? In the past year at least.
MAYBE one the weekends when most of us don’t post much. But on our regular days…?
Beams “e” out of DW’s post.
Fankoo.
harhar
bad luck
Vincent Malloy?
Vincent Price?
*laughs evily*
Heh. Exactly.
“Vincent Malloy is seven years old. He’s always polite and does as he is told. For a boy his age, he’s considerate and nice. But he wants to be just like Vincent Price…”
Short poem/film from Tim Burton. (clickie)
♪ I…wanna launch and bowl all night
and smash cars every day… ♪
*plugs ears*
I’ll get you back for that!
♪ I’ve got big balls! ♫
*squeeze*
*joins the squeeze*
*SqueezesAllAboveMinusBrewski’sBalls*
What disturbs you so? Are Brewski’s Balls supposed to be hugged?
hugged?
I thought the SOP here was the squeeze…
*looks at B’s Bs and decides not*
I thought you were a skwirrl, not a chicken!
*runsawaywithaquickness*
*SQUEEEEEEEEEZES skwirrlgrrl*
oooo is that like a dare, DW??
Oo! Oo! Truth or dare!!
ok, I’m in!!
I’ll take TRUTH for $200.
YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE…oh wait. Wrong game.
Okay, then. How much booze will it take to get you to squeeze Ms B’s Bs?
I’ll do it sober!
*listens in*
How long do we have to wait?
Ms B has Bs???
oh THOSE Bs!!
ermmm… this would call for a lotta mojitos, I think….
*passes 3 x-tra large monster-mojitoes to skwirrlgrrl *
Do those have fresh mint?
I’m a purist about my mojitos….
Of course! And made with Pyrat XO Reserve cask-aged rum! I’m offended that you would expect anything less!
What was I thinking! Sorry Brewski… I should have known!
*sip*
*squeeze*
Oh wow… it only took one!
Um, you were supposed to squeeze Ms B’s B’s!
Well YOU mixed the mojitos hun… and Ms B was not at hand….
In other news: I can now report that yes, they are big….
*sips third mojito*
And with that, I’m off… g’nite and thanksh for joining ush for thish edishun of…… er, whatever we wash playin! *hic*
*snork*
Who knew skwirrl’s were such lightweights??
*turns AC/DC up to 11*
What’s wrong with my balls?
*eyes Brewski’s balls*
Other than the fact that they resemble large… tracts of land, nothing.
*squeeze*
*ponders “squeeze” and “balls” in the same post*
ARGH.
So they have
1) Grass growing on them
2) People walking about on them
3) Signs of civilisation?
4) Surveying stakes on them
5) Tumbleweeds
6) A garden hose?
*sigh*
Monty Python reference FAIL for both of you!
*stern frownie face*
Drop your pants, Sir William, I cannot wait ’til lunch time!
Hey…
re 1): does that mean they’re mowed regularly too??
Clickie
lol! thanks, WN, I needed that…. !
Brewski, would you use the chainsaw or the hedge trimmers? Or am I getting too personal??
Too personal with Brewski? Impossible…
I’m a green kinda guy… I use a manual push-mower and hand-operated hedge trimmers.
Signs of civilization!
You know you need a bath when you see satellites being launched off your testicles.
Only if they crash.
There’s a cream for that you know.
No cream can stop the progress of innovation! Before you know it, they’ll be holding a nuclear war on your balls!
Talk about an itchy burning sensation!
:oops:
♪Half way between the gutter, and the stars.♫
Those are definitely the weapons of choice, yes
*sniff* Finally, someone who understand me.
It’s a good thing there are music notes in your comment! Otherwise it would look completely out of context!
It’s still disturbing that one should sing about that.
Well, Bon WAS egalitarian about it.
My dear Leila, what a dirty mind you have! The song is about dances at his house. His balls are always bouncing, late into the night!
I have a dirty mind??? I have a dirty mind????? Well, I never …
…oh wait, I do.
I don’t think they were paying attention in physics class. Firing artillery straight up from a moving train is the first example taught.
There’s an echo in here.
There’s an echo in here.
*fires artillery straight at the copypasta perp*
RIFL
*festoons with flowers*
Oops. Sorry about that…
*brushes pistil off shoulder*
Is there an echo in here?
*mutters to self*
Must type faster!
Echo, echo, echo.
In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo (plural echoes) is a reflection of sound, arriving at the listener some time after the direct sound. Typical examples are the echo produced by the bottom of a well, by a building, or by the walls of an enclosed room. A true echo is a single reflection of the sound source. The time delay is the extra distance divided by the speed of sound.
In emitting high-pitched sounds and listening to resultant echoes, the process used in radar technology, bats are able to locate prey and nearby objects. This is the process known as echolocation, the ability they similarly share with dolphins and whales.
Time delays can be such Narcissistic nymphos.
Tom Delays can be such Narcissitic politc-hos.
Dancin’ with the hos?
*prefers dancin’ with the cheeky hamstar*
lol, accidental hamsterdance. I’m retro.
hey, if the retro fits, seizure the moment
Hey I have seizures and it is frilling and buzzing to do the hamsterdance
They seriously had to point out at the end that it was a bad idea? This is worse than the fools I saw out shooting arrows straight up in a field once. (they all lived dammit, shut up trolls)
Pssst… I bet those were the trolls!
a little bit crazy
and a little bit rock and roll.
The best part is that they probably would have been fine if they hadn’t hit the brakes.
The bowling ball can’t accelerate once they let go of it.
Technically, bowling ball is accelerating due to the wind resistance.
Vive la Résistance?
We’re talking about some revolutions.
And gravity.
True, too.
There is no such thing as gravity, everything sucks.
I’d like to show my appreciation for getting a good, old fashioned, “idiots getting what they deserve” type fail this afternoon. Thanks PTB!
Serves those pinheads right!
Bunch of turkeys.
[HOMER] Mmmm…. turkey. [/HOMER]
****specialsuperdeedoopersqueezeforthePTB****
Ok, I must be going now. Errands to run, more soup to cook. I’ll be back later.
Toodles!
Wait!
Wait!
Wait…
You’re forgetting my list too… Aw!!! She left!!!!
I’ve been back for a while now! And the soup is in the final stages!
And on further review, I may have made the soup a wee bit too spicy. I may have to add the words “Burn Your Face Off” to the title of this particular batch of soup. Maybe the cheese and cream will help even it out.
Maybe serve it with a healthy dollop of sour cream?
Oooohh, I wish I had some sour cream in the house! THat being said, it turned out pretty good, not too spicy.
*eats her soup while posting*
Oldie but goldie.
Moldy goody.
Ooo, I know, Jell-O!
The bowling bowl probably wouldn’t even have hit the car if someone didn’t slam on the brakes. HAHAA
Who’s bright idea was this anyway? People in a small town with nothing better to do…I guess.
Bowl bowl bowl bowl, bowl bowl, bowl bowl bowl.
Ooh, are we starting a bowling alley quartet? I can do the baritone!
*bowls up high*
Bowl, skee, lol, so far, me, 零, d’oh!
This is not a FAIL
There is no fail. That’s why we’re not commenting on it.
There is no win. That’s why we’re not commenting on that either.
There is only Zuul.
There is no spoon.
Here try this then.
*hands GS a fork*
*hands GS a spork* (in case he doesn’t like the fork for some reason)
*sends best wishes to titaniumspork, where ever she is*
FOUR!!!!
Um, 5 eags, I think you’re confusing golf with bowling there. And it’s “fore” not “four”.
Let him do fourplay if he likes. He seems happy enough down here.
*pops in*
It takes four for fourplay!
*fleesbeforey’allgetthewrongidea*
Too late!
*washes off Brewski’s
face with soap*
All better!!!!
I feel like I just had s e x for some reason on all fores.
Iz in ur physics, conserving ur motion
It’s too bad they didn’t try it on a motorcycle. ‘THWAP’
Would have been good to mention they were throwing the ball from the moving car. I mean car bowling is not a very internationally known pass-time.
Which just leaves the question why they would do this. I for one have no idea. I mean the comment “this was not a good idea” should have come up at the moment this idea was uttered, not after the ball hit the car and knocked out the rear window.
How could someone NOT have figured out that the ball was thrown from a moving car? I would have thought that was obvious.
Well, it could have been thrown… by Superman.
That would have been a “win”.
Sorry Avis I didn’t at first I had some random ideas where the ball came from. Please don’t bowl me over with you laughter.
It took me 2 hours to review the new posts on the vote page…..I was only inactive for 4 days…geeeez
*5 eagles activates the switch, electricity courses through abstract body*
You are now active!
Be careful making her ride the lightning like that. I like her occasionally being a temporary zombie, not full time though. Get it? Don’t make me send the hoard after you.
Send the hoard! Send the hoard!!!!
.
.
.
Please?
*5 eagles handcuffs himself to Avis* Soooo still want the hoard?
*is a bird*
Handcuffs won’t work!
:p
We’re on a blog. The only things that works here are cuff links.
*quietly removes superfluous s*
NO “s” on links? why
*snork!*
*reacts to earlier uttered “magic word”*
*
*is slow because … well …
*drags stereo from the grave*
*cranks it up to 11, pushes play*
*Boingo “Only A Lad” starts playing*
*10,000,000 zombies erupt from the ground*
*zombies watch as a bird flies away from Eagles handcuffs*
*zombie hoard moshs to loud Biongo toward 5 Eagles*
*screams can be heard, shredded fabric flies in all directions*
*when finished, lots of footprints and a few threads remain*
*replaces “Biongo” with “Boingo”*
*world feels right again*
somebody may need B 12
It’s me – I need the B 12. I am totally dragging ass tonight.
Heehee!
No hoarding allowed. We all share equally.
*pouts*
But I shared yesterday!! I hafta share again??!?
Okay, okay. You can keep all of the again you want.
Aww, man…
lol … sweet cheeks
*mmhmfph?*
*Snork*
Now, now Avis.
*squeeze*
Heehee!
*squeeze*
:p
So, I promised I wouldn’t do this but,
UPDATES UPDATES UPDATES!
*awaitspatiently*
What updates?
Dang wrong type of birds.
Updates? Um… well… we don’t see much (if any) of each other during the weekdays. He lives several miles north of me and neither of us has a car. Plus he has to be at work at some ungodly time in the morning. But he’s coming over for dinner Friday night! And no, I don’t yet know what I’m going to cook. He is going to St. Louis with me for Halloween!
Um you do know you are scaring me. “ungodly” “St Louis” and Halloween. My oh my, I might just pray for you tonight.
1) Is he being introduced to the parents anytime in the near future?
*crosses fingers*
2) Do you not know what you are going to cook because of nerves? or 3) just haven’t figured it out yet?
(Answering in order might help, actually I will go back and number them for you.)
A smile for good luck no matter what the your answers are.
1)He used to work in my building so he’s already met my folks. Some time ago in fact. His folks are due to visit him in a couple of weeks and I may or may not be introduced to them. (And that’s more of a “the less they know about his life the happier he is kinda thing” that I am completely cool with)
2) Not nervous at all, we’ve had several meals together that one, the other, or both of us have made.
3) That would be it. There are some choices, and I’m just not sure which one to go with.
Pesto pasta is my suggestion. I have been begging my mother to make it for months now, but now in the hotel it’s too hard to make. Is he as good a chef as you are?
Oh good grief. I read that at first as “Pepto Pasta” and thought I was going to be ill.
:ick:
Aww sowwy NS. How are you doing this fine evening?
{NS}
Sorry to disappear like that for a couple (few) hours, my television addiction (crime dramas) was screaming.
All the basil I have is turning yucky. I could make a rustic tomato tart, stuffed pasta shells, or a tex-mex fiesta with the poblano corn chowder. The last is likely a no go as he seems to think that potatoes and cheese only go together when scalloped.
He cooks. As to whether we’re at the same skill level remains to be seen. The only things he’s cooked for me (all by his lonesome) were pancakes (box mix) and bacon. We cooked a pot roast together, and that was good. I’m willing to believe that he’s got some fantastic recipes up his sleeve, and I can’t wait to try them! I’m also willing to believe he learned to cook at a younger age than I did.
At the risk of the cliche build.
*With a soft quivering bottom lip*
AWW Avis you awre sooooo cuuutttteeee.
*squeeze*
I had it hooked up to a 9 volt battery why? do you think that’s to much?ZA.
*can’t … resist … *
*apologizes to DW in advance*
Did she die?
*repeats vow to Dragon not to do that again*
AAAAUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
when i saw that i thought a car was gonna go off ramp into some pins… XD
Hurray for Physics!
Hurray for psychics!
Hurray for psychos!
Hurray for physiques!
Well, I’m off to a doctor’s appointment, so I hate to say that this one is going to just be a quickie, yesthatpunwasintended.
The general gist of things with me right now is I am sick, which sucks, I’m in highschool and thus I have a lot of homework and cannot afford to spend my time on FB… and on top of all that, I find myself unable to reply to comments on my school’s computers, presumably because Internet Explorer sucks.
However, those are only small things. Relatively speaking, life is good. With that said, I stop by only to give my love and *squeezes* to the best group of people the interwebs have ever seen. Au revoir.
End transmission.
Eh?
Take care of yourself, feel better, and return when you can.
Take care, Shadow. Hope you feel better soon.
*sends “Get well soon” card to Shadow, with basket of fruits*
*looks at basket*
*looks at BFF*
I don’t think we’ll all fit in there, but it’s worth a try….
*joins LGB in basket*
*invites others*
Feel better, my favorite Shadow!
*wanders into thread*
*stops abruptly*
Ummm…what are you guys doing in a handbasket??
Gad, this doesn’t bode well.
*getwellsqueeze*
May the great creator follow you and heal with great love.
Feel better, Shadow! We’ll be here whenever you get back.
Take care of yourself Shadow. When you can return, we’ll be here.
Take care my friend.
I will.
You’re back! All’s well, or at least on the mend, I hope.
Yes… I got my generic ‘good health’ foods and items in a neat little circle around me… I gots me orange juice, and me chicken soup, and me clear liquids,
gin, vodka, stuff like thatjust kidding, just kidding, and me trusty blankie.*sighs contentedly*
*Hands shadow a bottle of Buckley’s*
It works, it just doesn’t go down as easy as
ginjuice.Hmmm… *squints at bottle*
“Guai… fen..esin”. Sounds delicious.
They sell that over the counter??!?
Of course not. Why do you think he had to get it for me?
I am sneaky like that.
*Opens overcoat to show other “over the counter” products*
*Made sure to wear clothes under overcoat*
I’d like to buy that human liver, sir. You look legit enough.
*Hands over own liver*
For you anything.
Guaneifsin (the active ingredient in Mucinex) is fabulous stuff. It works on congestion of any kind — combined with pseudoephedrine (which you now need ID to buy & is sold from behind the counter), it’s amazing. If you ever have a sinus headache or sinus infection, guanefisin will help a lot.
Yes, I agree, however you spell it. Drinking lots of water in conjunction is also a great aid. It loosens chest congestion, so the medicine can work better.
The last time someone gave me ‘good health’ foods I got violently nauseous and ended up with my head over the toilet.
Perhaps not the best of stories for you at the moment.
Nah, it’s not that bad. Just a cold that’s got a little extra ‘bang’ to it, that’s all.
Feed a cold, starve a flu. Lots of liquids, vitamins aren’t a bad idea (especially C), lots of rest. You’ll kick it in no time.
That was a nice lady she should have cussed out those morons.
Now, why would a nice lady do such a thing?
Nubs need to learn some basic physics. It’s gonna contenue going as fast as the car is if the speed stays constant.
And what about gravity?
Overrated. All hyped up by Newton.
Gravity sux.
Oh, I don’t know — it gives me some nice curves.
Say – are you related to Time Continuum, by any chance?
We are all one big Space Time Contenueum Plenum.
yes it shall, contenue. Anyone in Sience class would learn that!
…Good lord. How many mistakes can you make in one comment?
Counting the reply fail?
I’m sorry. I was too busy twitching violently to respond in a timely manner.
I’m not sure I can count that high.
*tries anyway*
Is that seven (including the reply fail)?
Ayup! I count 7 too!
(not counting the lack of capitalization in his name)
pssh. capitalizatinoation adn speelgin dont meen a thayng.
Ah, another Hooked on Phonics child.
Naw, I think it’s Nyquil.
That would explain Shadow’s spelling anyway. I think there’s more than just medications involved in James’ case.
He learned to spell contenue from Mike.
*snerk*
I noticed that, too.
*slow, sad head-shake*
contenue-mental drift
I’m just trying to do my part in carrying the torch.
There should be this little word in the lower right hand corner each comment. It reads “reply”. You should check that out.
I don’t think he’s replying to anything in particular or he would have said “passing”. He’s likely in an unrequited love affair with the bowling fail.
Good point.
Yeesh, the blog monster ate my reply. All I said was “good point”.
Last night I said, “Thank-you”, and it got ate. Four frigging times! I then gave up.
No politeness allowed on the internet!
Oh, well in that case; @*&$&^^%$%#@@*&!&*^$@#!
Geez, Dilly, that was sooooooo stoopit. I mean seriously, what a stoopit comment. Gah.
*runsawaywithaquickness*
Wow, he really can run fast, for someone with a cold! Let’s see if he can run fast enough.
*shakes finger à la Sonic the Hedgehog*
*beats your tails for being impolite*
Of course he’s fast. After all his nose has been running all day.
*snorkle!*
“Ma’am, is your refrigerator running?”
“… Yes.”
“I bet my nose can beat it.”
I almost didn’t recognize you there with nibbler in place of your beautiful face.
How are ya?
Very well indeed! That Nibbler’s a cookie I made, it’s almond flavored and you can all share it
I’m in the very middle of packing for moving tomorrow so I’m going to be in and out…if I’m not back tonight or tomorrow all of you be
goodsnarky for me, ok?you know all of me be goodsharkyOoooh! Moving! How exciting! Tell us, are you moving sideways, up and down, zig-zaggy, or just wiggling???
See that blue writing in the bottom right hand corner of the comment you just posted? That’s the reply button Use it. Please, for our sanity’s sake.
Now THIS IS A FAIL
Yes THAT IS CORRECT
Wrong.
*stamps ‘FAIL’ on comment*
Now it’s a fail.
Way to break the ice.
That “.org” voice is seriously annoying.
Really? It wasn’t supposed to be …
Actually?
Never take a zombie seriously – unless it’s trying to eat you.
I’m a zombie now too you know.
Oh. Um … is that my fault? No, I mean did I do that? Was it my hoard that turned you? There’s been so many …
Nope I was killed and had somone help me be revived, but as a zombie.
Wow. Sorry to hear that, being a zombie kinda sucks dude. I know from experience, most people would rather have a life. But hey, what’s done is done. Welcome to the afterlife. You know the first rule, right?
H-O-R-D-E!!!! (You’re killing me, ZA! But I luvs you., anyway!)
They may not be precious to you, but they’re my kin, my family, my treasure.
NIBELUNGENLIED ADVENTURE XIX —
How The Nibelung Hoard Was Brought to Worms….
So now you have a new zombie to speak to.
It seemed appropriate.
Catchy. *craves brains*
*drools*
I know, right?
Allll wee wanna do is eat your braainnsss…
*uses ShamWow*
How unreasonable is it to want to eat the part of the body that most of the living only uses a small percentage of anyway?
Thanks Shadow, that was classic.
Hehe, I thought you’d like that.
You are not alone in this sentiment
Conservation of momentum WIN.
A sad result of what happens when those who chronically throw the Wiimote into the TV try something on a larger scale.
Oh, and congratulations, Jimbo, for the “Powered by!”
Heavy balls should never be thrown at moving objects.
I disagree.
I agree to disagree.
I agree to disagree to agree.
So, we’re all in agreement.
Objection!
objects to objecting
Too much objectivity.
We appear to have a motion.
Agrees to send in a motion.
The motion of the ocean?
*guy runs in*
Whats all the commotion?
Someone needed lotion.
For the loccomotion?
I don’t.
Heavy balls should never be thrown FROM moving objects?
No. Car bowling WIN.
They braked in order to decelerate the car by exactly the same amount the bowling ball was decelerated by the quarterpipe. Precision work WIN.
*comes out of another dimension I was trapped in*
*falls from sky*
*lands on same car*
I’m back any body miss me.
*brushes self off*
*squeeze*
Yes, I believe that body over there missed you. And that one over there spent all day curled up in fetal position until you returned.
*squeeze*
Thanks.
I needed that info and…
what should I do now?
keep missing bodies when you fall from the sky
Is that good or bad or ugly?
Am I the only who doesn’t understand what they were doing?
1.launch bowling
2.car moves fast to pass it
3.it fails
4.The bowling knocks the windshield off of the car
Booooo fail blog for putting ads after the movie clips! It’s annoying!
Well, if the car was the pin then it was a win.
Not really, the car didn’t fall over.
It knock the windsheild out of it.
But … But but but but but ….
What the F*** were they trying to do ?
(Ô_o)
what was supposed to happen?
they launched a bowling ball at a car and it got damaged, no suprises here for me.
The ad at the end was annoying
I think the comment at the end of the video is, “Now you gotta go buy her a new ‘For Sale’ sticker, dude.”
yeah, lol
They launched the bowling ball FROM the car. The moment they let it go, the driver should have put on the brakes, but they kept driving at the exact same speed as the ball. Heh.
Looks like a future Olympic sport to me!
Nice catch.
The car scored the strike from the bowling ball! Total carnage!
(‘Returning Cannonball’ on land, I’d say.)
so cool!
Epic WIN!
Destroy your car. EPIC!