Theoretical Questions You Need To Know The Answer Too.....

1.) If you jump out of a plane onto a big enough trampoline, will you bounce to a stop without injuring yourself ?


Quite an interesting question posed by one of my esteemed colleagues. After a discussion it grew into

2.) If you jump out of a plane onto a massive slide, how long would it take for the slides reducing gradient to completely bring you to a halt safely and comfortably.. (imagine 2 mile long deathslide or something..)

Any questions you need answering ??

Once we have enough, maybe we can send them off to the New Scientist magazine or something..

How long is a piece of string?

no really everyone says it... but how long is it?

Were the dinosaurs before or after adam & eve.... ?

Originally Posted by Welsh_Wizard

1.) If you jump out of a plane onto a big enough trampoline, will you bounce to a stop without injuring yourself ?


Quite an interesting question posed by one of my esteemed colleagues. After a discussion it grew into

2.) If you jump out of a plane onto a massive slide, how long would it take for the slides reducing gradient to completely bring you to a halt safely and comfortably.. (imagine 2 mile long deathslide or something..)

Any questions you need answering ??

Once we have enough, maybe we can send them off to the New Scientist magazine or something..

Sounds like one for Baph...

why are we here and how big is the universe!

when to use "to" and when to use "too"

Originally Posted by Welsh_Wizard

1.) If you jump out of a plane onto a big enough trampoline, will you bounce to a stop without injuring yourself ?

Provided it was big enough/high enough that it didn't "bottom out" and that when you fell from the bounce you landed again on the trampoline (etc, etc.) until coming to a stop, yes, I reckon it'd work fine. Of course you'd still have to land properly on it. It's quite possible to break your neck on a normal trampoline if you don't know what you're doing.

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

why are we here and how big is the universe!

42 my dear, thats an easy one

Originally Posted by Pedro68

when to use "to" and when to use "too"

haha (or is it hoho)..indeed.

Originally Posted by Spiderman

42 my dear, thats an easy one

Of course...I'd forgotten!