This solution reminded me of the college student who had been given a
physics exam question which was: How would you determine the height of
a tall building given a barometer.
His answers were:
1) I would drop the barometer from the roof and record the time of its
fall and determine the height based on the well known formulas for the
acceleration of gravity.
2) Or I would tie a string to the barometer and use it as a pendulum and
determine the height based on timing the pendulum swing.
3) Or I would simply lower the barometer to the ground on the same
string and measure the length of the string.
4) Or, my preferred method, I would go to the basement and find the
caretaker of the building. I would say to him; "Dear mister caretaker,
I have here a very fine barometer which I will glady give to you if you
will only consult the blueprints and tell me the height of this building."
Chuck Norcutt
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I would go to the zoo and ask the keeper for some bits of hair that they
> certainly must shed in copious amounts. Might even offer to make
> him/her a fishing lure in exchange.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> john.duggan10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Remember a recipe from a while back that used Polar Bear hair as part
>> of a fishing lure.....now how would YOU collect it ?? :-) John
>> Duggan, Wales , UK.
>>
>>
>>> from: Jerry Liles <wliles@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 02:10:37
>>>
>>> Polar bears have a very interesting coat. The skin is black and the
>>> hairs are actually nearly tranparent. It has been shown the hairs
>>> act as light pipes
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> John Duggan, Wales, UK.
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