Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?



The third hand has always been the second hand to me.

Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?





I rarely see three hands on a watch.

I rarely see three hands on a watch.



You should get your eyes checked.  :o

I rarely see three hands on a watch.
http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2008/11/fortis-iq-watch-by-rolf-sachs-rolf-sachs_fortis-watch.jpg

Three hands on this watch.

You should get your eyes checked.  :o





My eyes are fine,maybe on those special watches do you see a third hand.

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2008/11/fortis-iq-watch-by-rolf-sachs-rolf-sachs_fortis-watch.jpg

Three hands on this watch.


the third hand is the seconds.

the third hand is the seconds.



I'd like to argue the point with you, but I'm about out of time.  ;D

My watch only has two hands on it-unless I ask Carlos to help me with it-then with my two & his two... :D ;D ;D ;D




Cat

My watch only has two hands on it-unless I ask Carlos to help me with it-then with my two & his two... :D ;D ;D ;D




Cat



You two sure are handy.  ;D

My watch only has two hands on it-unless I ask Carlos to help me with it-then with my two & his two... :D ;D ;D ;D




Cat
I do not even have a watch of my own.

I do not even have a watch of my own.


I have a watch but I rarely use it.

I have a watch but I rarely use it.
You leave it at home?

You leave it at home?


I use travel clocks now.

I use travel clocks now.
You have a travel clock strapped to your wrist?

You have a travel clock strapped to your wrist?


I keep it in my pocket for easy viewing.

I keep it in my pocket for easy viewing.
Are they a bit heavy for your pockets?

Are they a bit heavy for your pockets?


No,pretty light.

No,pretty light.
The wonders of modern technology

I keep it in my pocket for easy viewing.



Don't you find it difficult getting your head into your pocket - not to mention that it is dark in there.  ::)

I keep it in my pocket for easy viewing.
Do you have to stand up to get the clock out of your pocket?

You can throw your watch out the window to see time fly.



Cat

You can throw your watch out the window to see time fly.



Cat



Every time I get on an aircraft with my wristwatch, time flies. 

Every time I get on an aircraft with my wristwatch, time flies. 



Or Howard with his travel clock?

Don't you find it difficult getting your head into your pocket - not to mention that it is dark in there.   ::)






Wha?  ???

Do you have to stand up to get the clock out of your pocket?


No,just pull it out my pocket.

No,just pull it out my pocket.



It may become obvious where your head is then...  ::)  +1 Karma for taking it on the chin.  ;)

Why do they call it life insurance?

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?  ???

Why is it that you can tune a piano but you can’t tune a fish?

Why is it that you can tune a piano but you can’t tune a fish?







Why is it that you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friend's nose?




Cat

Why is it that you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friend's nose?




Cat


Why can't we pick our relatives?

Why can't we pick our relatives?



You can always chose your spouse.

To resurrect a few of my past observations:


Why do people wave their hand in front of their eyes when they start to cry?


Why do women make that funny shape with their mouth when they apply mascara?


Why do people look at their watch when you ask them if they're hungry?


Why do people point to their wrist when they ask someone what time it is?  (As MidKnightDarkness pointed out back in the day, they don't point to their crotch when they ask where the restroom is?)


Why do pregnant women walk around with their hand on their stomach?


Why do people point in random directions while giving driving instructions over the phone?


... and do people really stick their toe in the bathtub to check the water temperature?  Or is that just a figure of speech? lol  I can't see myself trying to balance on one foot while trying to stick one toe in the water.. I'd probably end up falling flat on my face!!

ETA: Oh yeah, and why do people turn down the car radio when they're looking for a street?

To resurrect a few of my past observations:


Why do people wave their hand in front of their eyes when they start to cry?


Why do women make that funny shape with their mouth when they apply mascara?


Why do people look at their watch when you ask them if they're hungry?


Why do people point to their wrist when they ask someone what time it is?  (As MidKnightDarkness pointed out back in the day, they don't point to their crotch when they ask where the restroom is?)


Why do pregnant women walk around with their hand on their stomach?


Why do people point in random directions while giving driving instructions over the phone?


... and do people really stick their toe in the bathtub to check the water temperature?  Or is that just a figure of speech? lol  I can't see myself trying to balance on one foot while trying to stick one toe in the water.. I'd probably end up falling flat on my face!!

ETA: Oh yeah, and why do people turn down the car radio when they're looking for a street?



;) Some well put "whys" to the wise here Odyssey - Thanks for contributing to the thread and a little Karma for your humor, especially on giving directions over the phone.  ;D



Why do we say we're head over heels when we're happy?  Isn't that the way we normally are?

;) Some well put "whys" to the wise here Odyssey - Thanks for contributing to the thread and a little Karma for your humor, especially on giving directions over the phone.   ;D



Why do we say we're head over heels when we're happy?  Isn't that the way we normally are?






It's just a state of euphoria.

It's just a state of euphoria.




I've never been there,  Is it near Kansas?  ::)

Why do dogs like the smell of other dogs butts?  8-P

Why do dogs like the smell of other dogs butts?  8-P





I have no idea. ???

I have no idea. ???



But the dog's do and they ain't tellin'...

Why is 11 not pronounced as 'onety one'?

I've never been there,  Is it near Kansas?  ::)





It's near To Peek A.  ;D

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

Why is 11 not pronounced as 'onety one'?



Because 11 is "ten one"!

Because 11 is "ten one"!


Then it should be tenty-one, right?  ::)

Then it should be tenty-one, right?  ::)



That does sound much better.

That does sound much better.


Why yes, quite! 

Why yes, quite! 



...and when the numbers reach 13, it becomes teeny-three ?

...and when the numbers reach 13, it becomes teeny-three ?


Yes, exactly.

Yes, exactly.



14 = teeny-four, etc.

14 = teeny-four, etc.


Which one would be teeny-weeny?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?



Is it a banker not a broker?

Is it a banker not a broker?


I believe that the broker is the banker's agent.  Have you never heard of a brokerage firm, or I may just be talking out my hat. 

Which one would be teeny-weeny?





20.

20.



20 - is that Binary - 00010100, Hexidecimal - 14 Octal, 24 - or Roman Numeral XX?  ::) ???

and XXX is Triple X or 30

and XXX is Triple X or 30


So how do you spell 30 or XXX in binary?  ???  I can do it in my head, but sometimes I need to use my fingers as well.  ;)

So how do you spell 30 or XXX in binary?  ???  I can do it in my head, but sometimes I need to use my fingers as well.   ;)





I haven't a clue.

I haven't a clue.


Decimal 30 = Binary 00011110.  Trivia - binary numbers that end in 0 are always even numbers and binary numbers that end in 1 are always odd numbers.  I bet you really needed to know that, huh?  ;)

Why do they put pictures of criminals in Post Offices?  What are we expected to do write to them?  Why don't they put their pictures on postage stamps so that mail carriers could look for them while they are delivering the mail?

Why do they put pictures of criminals in Post Offices?   What are we expected to do write to them?   Why don't they put their pictures on postage stamps so that mail carriers could look for them while they are delivering the mail?







Only because of a rule that says no one can be pictured on a stamp unless they are dead.



Cat

Is it that way because of the "dead letter office"?  Or is it wishful thinking that criminals get taken out?  ::)  ;D

Why do you call it an asteroid when its outside the hemisphere, yet call it hemorrhoid when its in your ass?

Why do you call it an asteroid when its outside the hemisphere, yet call it hemorrhoid when its in your ass?






hemorrhoid is taken from the word hemorrage meaning bleeding.

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?





Purina never came out with it.

Why do they make scented toilet paper?

Why do they make scented toilet paper?





to make your butt smell nice?  ???

Why do they make scented toilet paper?



...or the bathroom to smell better?

Why do feet smell and noses run?

Why do feet smell and noses run?



Because you are built upside down.

Why do feet smell and noses run?





that's the way your body works.

that's the way your body works.


Maybe yours... but the last time I tried to run on my nose I scraped my face all to Timbuktu and back.

Why do we wait until a pig is dead, to “cure” it?

Why do feet smell and noses run?






Some people can play the piano by ear. Personally, I use my fingers.




Cat

Some people can play the piano by ear. Personally, I use my fingers.




Cat


;D

Why do we wait until a pig is dead, to “cure” it?






Why? is it sick?

Why? is it sick?


No, the post clearly said that it was dead, not sick.

Why do we put suits in a garment bag and put garments in a suitcase?

Why do we put suits in a garment bag and put garments in a suitcase?




so the suits do not crease.

Why is it that your flashlight is really just a place to hold dead batteries?

Why do we put suits in a garment bag and put garments in a suitcase?






to keep it from wrinkling.

Why do we put suits in a garment bag and put garments in a suitcase?





so the suits do not crease.

to keep it from wrinkling.
....ditto!

Why do we understand and not overstand?

Why do we understand and not overstand?





Wha?  ???

Why do we understand and not overstand?



Do we comprehend?

Do we comprehend?


some people don't.

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat? 

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat? 





I've eaten burnt toast before.

I've eaten burnt toast before.


Do you also consume charcoal?  ::)

Do you also consume charcoal?  ::)





NO!

Why is an electrical outlet called an outlet when you plug things into it? Shouldn't it be called an inlet.

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat? 



I always turn the setting down.

Why is an electrical outlet called an outlet when you plug things into it? Shouldn't it be called an inlet.



Electric comes out from it.

Electric comes out from it.


All the time?  ??? ::)

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why is an electrical outlet called an outlet when you plug things into it? Shouldn't it be called an inlet.





An inlet is a body of water.

An inlet is a body of water.


Howard, please go see if that paint is still wet.  ::)

Howard, please go see if that paint is still wet.  ::)





Sure. ::)

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? 

There is a logical explanation for this.  Having interstate highways allows a state to get federal money.  Hawaii has several interstates, I've been on them.  They are numbered like "H1" "H2" etc.  But it did throw me for a loop the first time I saw one.  This is a very good example of "pork barrel" spending.  Hawaii, thank your legislatures for the pork.

Why do men snore when they lie on their back?

Why do men snore when they lie on their back?



If they are awake when they do this, then they have a real problem.  If they are asleep then I have insufficient information since I have never stayed awake to find out.  ;)

If they are awake when they do this, then they have a real problem.  If they are asleep then I have insufficient information since I have never stayed awake to find out.  ;)



Has anyone video you went you have been asleep?

Why do men snore when they lie on their back?


I'm not sure.  ???

Has anyone video you went you have been asleep?


No, no one has made a video of me sleeping.  I am a very private sleeper.  ::)

No, no one has made a video of me sleeping.  I am a very private sleeper.  ::)





I sleep on my stomach then I start dribbling.

I sleep on my stomach then I start dribbling.


You play basketball in your sleep?

You play basketball in your sleep?





No,from my mouth.  ::)

You play basketball in your sleep?




No,from my mouth.  ::)
You play basketball from your mouth?  ;D

You play basketball from your mouth?  ;D


That lends a whole new meaning to mouthing off.

You play basketball from your mouth?  ;D


I dribble saliva from my mouth.

Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?   

Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?     





just in case the plane heads into the ocean so they need something more useful that'll help the passengers float.

Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?   



So that the seats on the plane can float if any disaster was to happen with the plane.

Why do mattresses have springs, if they aren't made for jumping on?

Why do mattresses have springs, if they



Why do waterbeds have water, when they aren't made for swimming in?

Why do mattresses have springs, if they aren't made for jumping on?





coil springs are made to keep the bed firm.

Why do mattresses have springs, if they aren't made for jumping on?



Can a trampoline still be slept on?

Can a trampoline still be slept on?


I am sure that one can sleep on a trampoline, as long as no one was jumping on it, but swimming in a waterbed seems quite impracticle.

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

I am sure that one can sleep on a trampoline, as long as no one was jumping on it, but swimming in a waterbed seems quite impracticle.



You will be drowning in your dreams?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?



...or given squirrels memory test lessons?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?





He was bitten?  ???

He was bitten?  ???
Was it reported in the good book?

Was it reported in the good book?


I don't remember mosquitoes.

I don't remember mosquitoes.
Unicorns were not mentioned either.

Unicorns were not mentioned either.


I remember animals.

Why do we call them restrooms when no one goes there to rest? 

Why do we call them restrooms when no one goes there to rest?   





We rest our butts.

Why do people who know the least know it the loudest?

Why do coffee and tea taste good hot and cold, but taste gross at room temperature?

Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?  Are they afraid someone will clean them?

Why do people tell you when they are speechless?




What does a mime do in this situation?  I mean it's not all that hard to leave a mime speechless, now is it?  Do they make an exception and tell you anyway? ???  ::)

Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?   Are they afraid someone will clean them?





Someone has to clean them.

Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?  Are they afraid someone will clean them?



Yes!

Someone has to clean them.
It's someones job!

It's someones job!


always try to keep a clean environment.

Why does it sort of sting when you drink soda right after eating ice cream, yet you can eat a root beer float with no problem?

when you drink a slurpee and you get a brain freeze? :o

when you drink a slurpee and you get a brain freeze? :o
Brain freeze or "Ice cream headaches" result from quickly eating or drinking very cold substances. It is commonly experienced when applying ice-cream (or similar) to the roof of the mouth (palate) or when swallowing it. Typically the headache appears in about 10 seconds and lasts about 20 seconds although some people experience much longer lapses of pain, with the pain seeming to relate to the same side of the head as the cold substance was applied to the palate, or to both sides of the head in the case of swallowing. The most effective way to prevent it is to consume the cold food or liquid at a slower rate. Keeping it in one's mouth long enough for the palate to become used to the temperature is also an effective preventative.

Why does it sort of sting when you drink soda right after eating ice cream, yet you can eat a root beer float with no problem?


I would think that once you add the ice cream to the root beer it sort of makes it flat.  Remember Laverne? She use to say that the milk took some of the fizz out of the Pepsi and the Pepsi took some of the ick out of the milk.  :D

Why is it when you eat hot foods,it burns your insides? ???

Why buy a product that it takes 2000 flushes to get rid of?

Why buy a product that it takes 2000 flushes to get rid of?





It shouldn't take 2000 Flushes.

Why buy a product that it takes 2000 flushes to get rid of?



How much per flush?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don’t point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don’t point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?



Some people do!

Some people do!


You've actually seen this occur?  There's a butt in every crowd.  ::)

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don’t point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?





or some people hold their crotch when asking for the bathroom.

or some people hold their crotch when asking for the bathroom.
Standing cross-legged!

Standing cross-legged!


and they have to hold it in.  :o

and they have to hold it in.  :o
With a grimace!

Why is it that when someone does something bad, government and business leaders make new rules that wouldn't have prevented it in the first place, i.e. a man brings a bomb on a plane and tries to detonate it so now you can't use the restroom for the last hour of the trip?

If you really have to go, do they think rules will stop you?  Doesn't it just become a matter of where?

Why is it that when someone does something bad, government and business leaders make new rules that wouldn't have prevented it in the first place, i.e. a man brings a bomb on a plane and tries to detonate it so now you can't use the restroom for the last hour of the trip?

If you really have to go, do they think rules will stop you?  Doesn't it just become a matter of where?



If you gotta go, you gotta go!

With a grimace!


and do the pee pee dance.

If you gotta go, you gotta go!


When nature calls we know, but when she yells, it just becomes a matter of where.  ::)

When nature calls we know, but when she yells, it just becomes a matter of where.  ::)



All unexpected.

When nature calls we know, but when she yells, it just becomes a matter of where.  ::)





and when.

and when.


When is a given in this case - it was yesterday.  ::)

Why is it that when someone does something bad, government and business leaders make new rules that wouldn't have prevented it in the first place, i.e. a man brings a bomb on a plane and tries to detonate it so now you can't use the restroom for the last hour of the trip?

If you really have to go, do they think rules will stop you?  Doesn't it just become a matter of where?






It is called closing the barn door AFTER the horses escaped.  ::)



Why is it when you show someone a booboo or bruise you have, they have to touch it?  :o ???




Cat

It is called closing the barn door AFTER the horses escaped.  ::)



Why is it when you show someone a booboo or bruise you have, they have to touch it?  :o ???




Cat


I don't know.  ???

why are they called cuticles? what's cute about skin growing over your nails?

why are they called cuticles? what's cute about skin growing over your nails?
Cuticles because you cut them?

Cuticles because you cut them?


and you can paint them.

and you can paint them.
Nail polish, I believe more than paint.

old 45's make a scratching noise when being played on a victrola?

old 45's make a scratching noise when being played on a victrola?
Scratching is more a modern thing in the record industry.

Ever wonder why, when you ask Philip a question in the "Ask Philip" thread, everybody goes running to post in the other "Ask Me" threads, causing Philip's thread to get buried before he even has a chance to see it?

Scratching is more a modern thing in the record industry.


No,I mean that "psssing" sound it makes.

Ever wonder why, when you ask Philip a question in the "Ask Philip" thread, everybody goes running to post in the other "Ask Me" threads, causing Philip's thread to get buried before he even has a chance to see it?


I don't know Ask Phillip.  ;D

Why does bottled water have an expiration date?

Why does bottled water have an expiration date?



It is the bottle that has the expiration date not the water.  ;D

Why does bottled water have an expiration date?






water will never expire.

water will never expire.
It can still evaporate!

It can still evaporate!


right!

right!
With the cap off, the water will disappear.

With the cap off, the water will disappear.


How does that happen?  ???

How does that happen?  ???
...evaporation!

fools fall in love?

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/oo/foollove.jpg

fools fall in love?
Why do birds sing?

bananas get that brown squishy look when you buy them overripe?

Why do birds sing?



a happy tune.

bananas get that brown squishy look when you buy them overripe?
Buy bananas when still show signs of unripe (having a slightly green colour), then when at home or a few days later the bananas are still fit to eat.

a happy tune.
Why do birds sing when they do not know the words?

Buy bananas when still show signs of unripe (having a slightly green colour), then when at home or a few days later the bananas are still fit to eat.


just before I had to throw out all 5 bananas cause they were dripping liquid.

Why do birds sing when they do not know the words?


parakeets do.

just before I had to throw out all 5 bananas cause they were dripping liquid.
Take them back the shop!

parakeets do.
...and parrots, if trained.

Take them back the shop!


Nah,they were all dead.

...and parrots, if trained.



they can sing.

Nah,they were all dead.
Had the bananas stopped breathing?

...and parrots, if trained.
which reminds me, when is Speak Like A Pirate Day?

Had the bananas stopped breathing?


all of them squished and had fruitflies around them. 8-P

which reminds me, when is Speak Like A Pirate Day?
September 19th, next Sunday!

you sneeze eyes closed?

all of them squished and had fruitflies around them. 8-P
So you had not eaten them in good time?

which reminds me, when is Speak Like A Pirate Day?


I don't know.  ???

So you had not eaten them in good time?


they were closed in a plastic bag getting ready to be eaten.

you sneeze eyes closed?
Sneezing in your body's way of getting rid of an irritation in your nose. Your nose is a sensitive organ,so all sorts of things might irratate it: allergies.
(e.g to pollen or animals), pepper,dust,pie,even bright light makes some people sneeze.
Although it seems simple sneezing is quite a complicated process -there's even special part of your brain that's devoted to making a sneeze. Your diaphragm (the muscle you use to breathe) and muscles abdomen,chest and thorot all have to work together,and the muscles that control your eyelids play a part too,making your eyes shut when you sneeze.
Why you should have a reflex to shut your eyes while snezzing a mystery but it's definitely not because your eyes would fall out if you didn't. Some people don't have the reflex to close their eyes when they sneeze and you'll be pleased to know that they keep their eyeballs inplace anyway. But, in some occasions, if eyes aren't shut and pressure isn't released through the mouth, it could eject your eyeballs because there must be a way for the pressure to be released.

they were closed in a plastic bag getting ready to be eaten.
Take the bananas out of the bag to let them breathe.

Sneezing in your body's way of getting rid of an irritation in your nose. Your nose is a sensitive organ,so all sorts of things might irratate it: allergies.
(e.g to pollen or animals), pepper,dust,pie,even bright light makes some people sneeze.
Although it seems simple sneezing is quite a complicated process -there's even special part of your brain that's devoted to making a sneeze. Your diaphragm (the muscle you use to breathe) and muscles abdomen,chest and thorot all have to work together,and the muscles that control your eyelids play a part too,making your eyes shut when you sneeze.
Why you should have a reflex to shut your eyes while snezzing a mystery but it's definitely not because your eyes would fall out if you didn't. Some people don't have the reflex to close their eyes when they sneeze and you'll be pleased to know that they keep their eyeballs inplace anyway. But, in some occasions, if eyes aren't shut and pressure isn't released through the mouth, it could eject your eyeballs because there must be a way for the pressure to be released.


and have you ever had spittle after you sneeze?  ???

Take the bananas out of the bag to let them breathe.


I should've.

they were closed in a plastic bag getting ready to be eaten.
...and hang them on one of these!

http://www.horseshoecowboys.com/files/2236115/uploaded/Banana%20hanger.JPG

and have you ever had spittle after you sneeze?  ???
All the time.

I should've.
Too late now.

...and hang them on one of these!

http://www.horseshoecowboys.com/files/2236115/uploaded/Banana%20hanger.JPG


we have them on a paper plate.

All the time.


people sometimes sneeze out their mouth

we have them on a paper plate.
Bananas should be hanging.

people sometimes sneeze out their mouth
The mouth is usually open at the time of sneezing.

Bananas should be hanging.


I don't know if we have one of those.  ???

The mouth is usually open at the time of sneezing.



and you get spit coming out the mouth.

I don't know if we have one of those.  ???
Buy one.

and you get spit coming out the mouth.
That is one way of putting it.

Buy one.



maybe tomorrow.

That is one way of putting it.


or  sometimes you stifle them.

maybe tomorrow.
http://www.iosss.com/shopping/images/2656-a.jpg

The same as a fruit bowl.

http://www.iosss.com/shopping/images/2656-a.jpg

The same as a fruit bowl.


I think we have one of those in the house somewhere. ???

I think we have one of those in the house somewhere. ???
Find it quickly.

Find it quickly.
..before more bananas are murdered.

..before more bananas are murdered.


I'll look for it.

Why am I posting here?

I'll look for it.
Found it yet?

Found it yet?


I swear we had one in our cabinets.  ???

Why am I posting here?


I don't know.

I swear we had one in our cabinets.  ???
Which cabinet, ask mum?

Which cabinet, ask mum?


I'm sure she'd remember.

Why does the British government plead poverty in this economic recession to the point where it wants to privatise Royal Mail, yet it can still find £12 million of tax payer's money to fund the pope's visit? I suppose I should be grateful he only wanted a bottle of Fanta when addressing The Queen.

Why does the British government plead poverty in this economic recession to the point where it wants to privatise Royal Mail, yet it can still find £12 million of tax payer's money to fund the pope's visit? I suppose I should be grateful he only wanted a bottle of Fanta when addressing The Queen.
...did the Roman Catholic Church put up any money for the funding of the pope's visit?

...did the Roman Catholic Church put up any money for the funding of the pope's visit?


I think they may have done, Philip, but I've got to ask you this...It takes one man to enter one plane from Italy to Great Britain £12 million!?! To add insult to injury, read this...

http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2010/09/popes-visit-to-britain-in-funding.html

A shortfall!?! I have less respect for the pope than I do of The Queen and that is bordering on nothing. He is an arrogant blowhard who practices very little what he preaches. His 'right hand man' Cardinal Kaspar said that the UK 'was like a third world country' with it's melting pot of different races. The pope denounced Kaspar's comments and then went on to say the same thing in a different way in one of his speeches, lol. It seems they had an agenda and it wasn't God inspired.

I wonder if it cost Jesus Christ the equivalent to do his ministry almost 2000 years ago...

Why do airlines always board from front to back? It would make so much more sense if they board from back to front. So, what you now have is people blocking the aisles as they are putting their luggage in the overhead bins so everyone who comes in after them is waiting in the aisles holding everyone else up. There wouldn't be so much of a traffic jam if they just boarded the plane from back to front.




Cat

Why do airlines always board from front to back? It would make so much more sense if they board from back to front. So, what you now have is people blocking the aisles as they are putting their luggage in the overhead bins so everyone who comes in after them is waiting in the aisles holding everyone else up. There wouldn't be so much of a traffic jam if they just boarded the plane from back to front.




Cat
Go by bus!

Go by bus!



They haven't built the bridge to Puerto Rico yet.



Cat

They haven't built the bridge to Puerto Rico yet.



Cat
...go by boat?

bus drivers ask passengers to move to the rear of the bus but no one listens?

bus drivers ask passengers to move to the rear of the bus but no one listens?
They listen and do over here!

They listen and do over here!


New York always has their Ipod or yammering on the cell phone.  ::)

New York always has their Ipod or yammering on the cell phone.  ::)
It is the same here, but the passengers still move.

It is the same here, but the passengers still move.


some passengers are living in oblivion.  ::)

some passengers are living in oblivion.  ::)
...and should be sent there!

there's always a rainbow after it rains?

there's always a rainbow after it rains?
You know that light is made up of a collection of many colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. That is why a prism  can take in white light on one side and produce its own mini-rainbow on the other side. To understand rainbows, you have to start by understanding what is happening inside a prism to let it separate white light into its colors.

A prism is a triangular piece of glass or plastic. To get it to produce a mini-rainbow, you allow a narrow strip of white light to fall on one face of the triangle, like this:

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/prism.gif

The dispersion of colors in a prism occurs because of something called the refractive index  of the glass. Every material has a different refractive index. When light enters a material (for example, when light traveling through the air enters the glass of a prism), the difference in the refractive index of air and glass causes the light to bend. The angle of bending is different for different wavelengths of light. As the white light moves through the two faces of the prism, the different colors bend different amounts and in doing so spread out into a rainbow.

In a rainbow, raindrops in the air act as tiny prisms. Light enters the raindrop, reflects off of the side of the drop and exits. In the process, it is broken into a spectrum just like it is in a triangular glass prism, like this:

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/rainbow.gif

The angle between the ray of light coming in and the ray coming out of the drops is 42 degrees for red and 40 degrees for violet. You can see in this diagram that the angles cause different colors from different drops to reach your eye, forming a circular rim of color in the sky -- a rainbow! In a double rainbow, the second bow is produced because droplets can have two reflections internally and get the same effect. The droplets have to be the right size to get two reflections to work.

The next time you spot a rainbow, you will see it in a whole new light.

You know that light is made up of a collection of many colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. That is why a prism  can take in white light on one side and produce its own mini-rainbow on the other side. To understand rainbows, you have to start by understanding what is happening inside a prism to let it separate white light into its colors.

A prism is a triangular piece of glass or plastic. To get it to produce a mini-rainbow, you allow a narrow strip of white light to fall on one face of the triangle, like this:

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/prism.gif

The dispersion of colors in a prism occurs because of something called the refractive index  of the glass. Every material has a different refractive index. When light enters a material (for example, when light traveling through the air enters the glass of a prism), the difference in the refractive index of air and glass causes the light to bend. The angle of bending is different for different wavelengths of light. As the white light moves through the two faces of the prism, the different colors bend different amounts and in doing so spread out into a rainbow.

In a rainbow, raindrops in the air act as tiny prisms. Light enters the raindrop, reflects off of the side of the drop and exits. In the process, it is broken into a spectrum just like it is in a triangular glass prism, like this:

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/rainbow.gif

The angle between the ray of light coming in and the ray coming out of the drops is 42 degrees for red and 40 degrees for violet. You can see in this diagram that the angles cause different colors from different drops to reach your eye, forming a circular rim of color in the sky -- a rainbow! In a double rainbow, the second bow is produced because droplets can have two reflections internally and get the same effect. The droplets have to be the right size to get two reflections to work.

The next time you spot a rainbow, you will see it in a whole new light.





I like THIS prism better.  ;)


http://www.worldtributebands.com/PinkFloydDarkSideoftheMoonalbumcover.jpg



Cat

You know that light is made up of a collection of many colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. That is why a prism  can take in white light on one side and produce its own mini-rainbow on the other side. To understand rainbows, you have to start by understanding what is happening inside a prism to let it separate white light into its colors.

A prism is a triangular piece of glass or plastic. To get it to produce a mini-rainbow, you allow a narrow strip of white light to fall on one face of the triangle, like this:

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/prism.gif

The dispersion of colors in a prism occurs because of something called the refractive index  of the glass. Every material has a different refractive index. When light enters a material (for example, when light traveling through the air enters the glass of a prism), the difference in the refractive index of air and glass causes the light to bend. The angle of bending is different for different wavelengths of light. As the white light moves through the two faces of the prism, the different colors bend different amounts and in doing so spread out into a rainbow.

In a rainbow, raindrops in the air act as tiny prisms. Light enters the raindrop, reflects off of the side of the drop and exits. In the process, it is broken into a spectrum just like it is in a triangular glass prism, like this:

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/rainbow.gif

The angle between the ray of light coming in and the ray coming out of the drops is 42 degrees for red and 40 degrees for violet. You can see in this diagram that the angles cause different colors from different drops to reach your eye, forming a circular rim of color in the sky -- a rainbow! In a double rainbow, the second bow is produced because droplets can have two reflections internally and get the same effect. The droplets have to be the right size to get two reflections to work.

The next time you spot a rainbow, you will see it in a whole new light.




good stuff Phil.  :)

Why am I posting here?

Why am I posting here?


Why are you posting here?

Ever wonder why people report the most benign posts?



Cat

Ever wonder why people report the most benign posts?



Cat
I think that all the time.

Ever wonder why people report the most benign posts?



Cat


I wonder that too.

Ever wonder why people report the most benign posts?



Cat
I am still wondering on that.

I don't know.
Found it yet?

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Ever wondered why guests view and do not sign up?

Found it yet?


No.

Ever wondered why guests view and do not sign up?


laziness? ???

we have to change our clocks in November and change em' back in April?

we have to change our clocks in November and change em' back in April?
All down to Daylight Saving Hours

All down to Daylight Saving Hours




It just gets confusing waking up morning and looking at the time and seeing that's it's an hour earlier.

It just gets confusing waking up morning and looking at the time and seeing that's it's an hour earlier.
Do you change the clocks last thing at night before going to bed?

Do you change the clocks last thing at night before going to bed?


Yes I did and this morning I woke up I thought it was an hour later.

It just gets confusing waking up morning and looking at the time and seeing that's it's an hour earlier.



Howard, If changing the clocks confuses you, move to Arizona.  They do not ever observe "Daylight Savings Time".  Also some parts of Indiana do not observe them either.  BTW I changed my clocks back last evening around 6:00 P.M.  So enjoy yourself, it's earlier than you think...  ;D

It just gets confusing waking up morning and looking at the time and seeing that's it's an hour earlier.


Howard, If changing the clocks confuses you, move to Arizona.  They do not ever observe "Daylight Savings Time".  Also some parts of Indiana do not observe them either.  BTW I changed my clocks back last evening around 6:00 P.M.  So enjoy yourself, it's earlier than you think...  ;D

...or move to Belgium, for there time always remains the same, about 50 years ago!

...or move to Belgium, for there time always remains the same, about 50 years ago!



So there nostalgia can really be what it used to be?  ::)

Howard, If changing the clocks confuses you, move to Arizona.  They do not ever observe "Daylight Savings Time".  Also some parts of Indiana do not observe them either.  BTW I changed my clocks back last evening around 6:00 P.M.  So enjoy yourself, it's earlier than you think...   ;D




Puerto Rico also doesn't change the clocks.



Cat

Puerto Rico also doesn't change the clocks.



Cat




I should have known that about Puerto Rico.  Personally I think DST is a waste of "time".  ::)

I should have known that about Puerto Rico.  Personally I think DST is a waste of "time".   ::)






Me, too. Too confusing. What is really confusing is Indiana. As we have driven through Indiana, we never know what time it is. Some places are on Eastern Time, some on Central Time. Some places change the clocks, others don't. Does anyone really know what time it is? Does anyone really care?




Cat

Me, too. Too confusing. What is really confusing is Indiana. As we have driven through Indiana, we never know what time it is. Some places are on Eastern Time, some on Central Time. Some places change the clocks, others don't. Does anyone really know what time it is? Does anyone really care?




Cat
There should clocks in the roads at regular intervals.

Me, too. Too confusing. What is really confusing is Indiana. As we have driven through Indiana, we never know what time it is. Some places are on Eastern Time, some on Central Time. Some places change the clocks, others don't. Does anyone really know what time it is? Does anyone really care?




Cat



Apparently not in Indiana and it took a band called Chicago where that city is in the next state over to figure that out.  :D

Howard, If changing the clocks confuses you, move to Arizona.  They do not ever observe "Daylight Savings Time".  Also some parts of Indiana do not observe them either.  BTW I changed my clocks back last evening around 6:00 P.M.  So enjoy yourself, it's earlier than you think...   ;D



What time did you wake up this morning? ???

when you cross a street the traffic signal is a hand signal for stop and a small man that signals go?

What time did you wake up this morning? ???

 

At breakfast time.

snow changes color when you pee in it?

snow changes color when you pee in it?



Really?  It never snows here so if you say so...  

snow changes color when you pee in it?
Osmosis?

Osmosis?


It could be.

when you save newspapers for many years and many years later it turns yellowish?

It could be.
It is all down to the movement of liquid molecules through a selectively-permeable membrane down a liquid potential gradient.

when you save newspapers for many years and many years later it turns yellowish?
Don't save then?

Ever wonder why some board members don't READ!!!!



Cat

when you save newspapers for many years and many years later it turns yellowish?
Paper is made from wood, which is made up mainly of white cellulose. Wood also has a lot of a dark substance in it called lignin, which ends up in the paper, too, along with the cellulose. The exposure of lignin to air and sunlight is what turns paper yellow. Lignin makes wood stiff and trees stand upright. You could say it acts as a glue to bind the cellulose fibers together. It is a polymer, a substance that is formed by the joining of simpler molecules into giant molecules that act differently than the smaller molecules did. Dr. Hou-Min Chang, a professor of wood and paper science at N.C. State University in Raleigh, N.C., compares lignin to the concrete used in buildings, with cellulose as the steel frame. Without lignin, Chang says, a tree could only grow to be about 6 feet tall. Lignin also helps protect the wood from pests and other damage. Newsprint, which must be produced as economically as possible, has more lignin in it than finer papers. At the mill, the wood that will be turned into newsprint is ground up, lignin and all. Paper manufacturers utilize the benefits of lignin in some types of paper, though. Brown kraft paper, the dark brown paper used in grocery store bags, and cardboard are stiff and sturdy because they have more lignin in them, and because those kinds of paper aren't treated with bleaching chemicals. It doesn't matter how dark they are because the printing on them is limited. To make a fine white paper, the mill puts the wood through a chemical solvent process, which separates and discards the lignin. Pure cellulose is white, and the paper made from it will be white and will resist yellowing. Lignin eventually turns paper yellow because of oxidation. That is, the lignin molecules, when exposed to oxygen in the air, begin to change and become less stable. The lignin will absorb more light, giving off a darker color. Chang says that if newsprint were kept completely out of sunlight and air, it would remain white. After only a few hours of sunlight and oxygen, however, it will start to change color.

Don't save then?


I keep them in a plastic bag.

I keep them in a plastic bag.
Keep the paper covered?

Keep the paper covered?


Yes I do.

Yes I do.
...and out of the sunlight.

...and out of the sunlight.



They're on my shelf for the past 17 years.

Paper is made from wood, which is made up mainly of white cellulose. Wood also has a lot of a dark substance in it called lignin, which ends up in the paper, too, along with the cellulose. The exposure of lignin to air and sunlight is what turns paper yellow. Lignin makes wood stiff and trees stand upright. You could say it acts as a glue to bind the cellulose fibers together. It is a polymer, a substance that is formed by the joining of simpler molecules into giant molecules that act differently than the smaller molecules did. Dr. Hou-Min Chang, a professor of wood and paper science at N.C. State University in Raleigh, N.C., compares lignin to the concrete used in buildings, with cellulose as the steel frame. Without lignin, Chang says, a tree could only grow to be about 6 feet tall. Lignin also helps protect the wood from pests and other damage. Newsprint, which must be produced as economically as possible, has more lignin in it than finer papers. At the mill, the wood that will be turned into newsprint is ground up, lignin and all. Paper manufacturers utilize the benefits of lignin in some types of paper, though. Brown kraft paper, the dark brown paper used in grocery store bags, and cardboard are stiff and sturdy because they have more lignin in them, and because those kinds of paper aren't treated with bleaching chemicals. It doesn't matter how dark they are because the printing on them is limited. To make a fine white paper, the mill puts the wood through a chemical solvent process, which separates and discards the lignin. Pure cellulose is white, and the paper made from it will be white and will resist yellowing. Lignin eventually turns paper yellow because of oxidation. That is, the lignin molecules, when exposed to oxygen in the air, begin to change and become less stable. The lignin will absorb more light, giving off a darker color. Chang says that if newsprint were kept completely out of sunlight and air, it would remain white. After only a few hours of sunlight and oxygen, however, it will start to change color.


TMI???  ;) ;) ;)

TMI???  ;) ;) ;)




TMI? - Maybe so but perhaps it needs seasoned with a bit more geek for my taste but nonetheless old Phillip knows his stuff.  I'm impressed and I even learned a thing or two.  I believe that the lengthy explanation of the yellowing of the paper could be reduced to just saying that it rusts.  But then Phillip's write-up wouldn't exactly be of journalistic quality or that of a term paper writen by someone attending an institute of higher education.  8)  ;)

you can't sneeze with your eyes open?

you can't sneeze with your eyes open?
Is that both eyes?

Is that both eyes?


I always sneezed with both eyes closed.

I always sneezed with both eyes closed.
...and nostrils (both) open?

...and nostrils (both) open?



sometimes my mouth was open,letting out all the spittle.

sometimes my mouth was open,letting out all the spittle.


Nice detail, Howard, however it's likely TMI.  ::)

sometimes my mouth was open,letting out all the spittle.

Nice detail, Howard, however it's likely TMI.  ::)


Do we wish to know?

Do we wish to know?



Not me Phillip, you can have my place in line if you like.

Not me Phillip, you can have my place in line if you like.



I have already decided on that.

Nice detail, Howard, however it's likely TMI.   ::)




I couldn't keep my mouth closed. ::)