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Old 09-05-08, 08:15 PM   #1001
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The world's estimated population is due to exceed 6,666,666,666 today.

So there.
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Old 15-05-08, 03:48 PM   #1002
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The collective name for a group of ....

Cats is a Clowder

Bears is a Sloth (how appropriate Jamie LOL)

Ferrets is a Business

Giraffes is a Tower

Hippopotamuses is a Bloat (Seriously)

Tigers is a Streak

Eagles is a Convocation

Flamingos is a Stand

Larks is an Exaltation

Toads is a Knot

Cockroaches is an Intrusion (too bloody right it is)

.... erm that will do
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Old 16-05-08, 09:44 AM   #1003
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Chavs is a Scrote ??
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Old 16-05-08, 08:59 PM   #1004
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Dimples first appeared on golf balls more than 100 years ago when golfers discovered that balls which had been scratched or roughed up traveled further than smooth balls. Dimples are what gives a golf ball lift. They create two layers of air going around the ball. The top layer is going faster than the bottom layer which creates turbulence. They also reduce the wake by keeping the boundry layer seperation to a minimum which reduces drag...so goes further.
In new zealand they make rugby ball shaped golf balls, and hit them into a big net!
Source: Aerodynamics lecturer yesterday!
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Old 16-05-08, 09:55 PM   #1005
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Dimples first appeared on golf balls more than 100 years ago when golfers discovered that balls which had been scratched or roughed up traveled further than smooth balls. Dimples are what gives a golf ball lift. They create two layers of air going around the ball. The top layer is going faster than the bottom layer which creates turbulence. They also reduce the wake by keeping the boundry layer seperation to a minimum which reduces drag...so goes further.
In new zealand they make rugby ball shaped golf balls, and hit them into a big net!
Source: Aerodynamics lecturer yesterday!
also true of birdie wings source: aerodynamics lecture on flight a while ago
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Old 17-05-08, 05:02 PM   #1006
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Dimples first appeared on golf balls more than 100 years ago when golfers discovered that balls which had been scratched or roughed up traveled further than smooth balls. Dimples are what gives a golf ball lift. They create two layers of air going around the ball. The top layer is going faster than the bottom layer which creates turbulence. They also reduce the wake by keeping the boundry layer seperation to a minimum which reduces drag...so goes further.
In new zealand they make rugby ball shaped golf balls, and hit them into a big net!
Source: Aerodynamics lecturer yesterday!
Only if it's spinning, a ball without spin will have a symettrical wake and no lift forces.
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Old 17-05-08, 08:39 PM   #1007
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Raki is horrible and gets you pished very fast, mugs you quicker than a load of hoodied chavs on scooters
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Old 25-05-08, 04:24 PM   #1008
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The Capgras delusion (or Capgras syndrome) is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that an acquaintance, usually a spouse or other close family member, has been replaced by an identical looking impostor

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Old 25-05-08, 05:24 PM   #1009
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The Capgras delusion (or Capgras syndrome) is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that an acquaintance, usually a spouse or other close family member, has been replaced by an identical looking impostor

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The Fregoli delusion is the belief that various people that the believer meets are actually the same person in disguise
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Old 25-05-08, 07:23 PM   #1010
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Ooo thats interesting.

Theres another disorder I know of which is in this book I read called "the man who mistook his wife for a hat". This particular person didn't recognise their leg and was petrified of it (to the extent that he tried to throw his leg out the bed which resulted in him falling on the floor). I can't think of what the disorder was called though..

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