The "Why's" of this world

Dara Robinson

Why is it that light bulbs almost always go out as they are swiched on?

Why do people have belly-buttons? Why not a smooth belly?

In the belly-button world, Why are there innies and outies? why not only innies or only outies?

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Was on my way out the door and did not think my part of this thread through

People, post your "Why's?" and those that know the answer post it up.

We might discovery some pretty cool stuff
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zam

Cos when they cut the string yoke off they either cut it as an innie or outtie by mistake!!! I think....

Smellyirishman

I am not sure of the first Q, although the initial surge may have something to do with it. Although according to MythBusters, the surge is not very significant.

As for the second+third. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belly_button

copacetic

I've seen better whys, but anyway.

current surge when turning on bulbs.

umbilical tube is attached here in the womb, without it babies wouldn't survive.

when the umbilical cord is cut and tied off it heals pretty much randomly.

copacetic

Smellyirishman wrote:

I am not sure of the first Q, although the initial surge may have something to do with it. Although according to MythBusters, the surge is not very significant.

As for the second+third. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belly_button

the surge doesn't have to be much more than normal, a thin bit of filament will be hotter at startup than any other time and will nearly always break then when going from cold to hot.

Unpossible

why has there been no mention of yore ma on this thread yet?

Smellyirishman

Unpossible wrote:

why has there been no mention of yore ma on this thread yet?

Because this is NOT a medical forum.

Why is boards not a medical forum?

Unpossible

Why is boards not a medical forum?

ummm, is it because he is a b**tard and you should dump him?

Ciaran500

On the subject of belly buttons I found this on another forum and if it works it can be added to the list of why's. Doesn't work for me btw.

Ok i discovered this a long time ago, i havent googled for an answer or owt but hey lets see how this goes ;p

For this you will require

1x Finger or long pointy implement.
1x Exposed Belly Button.

Take your finger of pointy device and push it deep into your belly button, try not to draw blood, then twist said device around, move it, twist it, push it a lil deeper. Do this for a lil bit then take out yer device.

Question is this, do you now have a tingling sensation in your cock? Top, middle, bottom or either side?

If not try again and let us know ;p

Girls! Please also try this and let us know if you feel anything anywhere ;p

GO!

and dont ask!

RandolphEsq

Why am I so fat?

Why should we care?

Random

Why do people motion their hands as if pooring gravy when asking for gravy at a carvary?

Heisenberg.

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Random

The Scientist wrote:

Why do people put their ATM cards in twice when they can clearly see a queue behind them?

Why do people not have their ATM card out before getting to the ATM? Why are ATMs so slow? Why can't we have an account setting where we choose if we want reciepts or not - why do they have to babble on about the environment all the time?

Gaspode

Dara Robinson wrote:

Why is it that light bulbs almost always go out as they are swiched on?

The surge of electricity when the light is switched on rapidly heats the metal from room temp to over 1000C in milliseconds. This creates stress on the metal and it begins to thin at certain points. This continues until one day, the surge is too much and it blows when switched on. Its the rapid change in temp thats the problem, hence it blows when switched on rather than during normal operation.[/Quote]

Why do people have belly-buttons? Why not a smooth belly?

Because people with no belly button are just ugly.:D
The belly button is the scar left from where your umbillical cord was attached while you were in the womb. (In Yore Ma!). Pretty much all mammals have one.

In the belly-button world, Why are there innies and outies? why not only innies or only outies?

Just depends on how well the scar healed up when you were small. Rotundness of the belly can push your sweet likkle innie into a yucky ugly outy if you're not careful, so keep away from those sweeties, and dont get pregnant.

Dara Robinson

daveym wrote:

I've seen better whys, but anyway.

Probably but there was nothing else on my mind at the time.

ok, here is a decent one.

Why is time directly related to gravity? The more gravity there is the slower time passes

Gaspode

I thought you were asking why time was related to Gravy there for a second!

connundrum

The Scientist wrote:

Why do people put their ATM cards in twice when they can clearly see a queue behind them?

Because once you reach the top of the queue, you should be allowed use the machine however many times you want. You have waited as long as anyone else in the bleedin queue. And some of us have more than one account and it will take two goes to get your last 20 quid out

Why do people insist on asking questions when almost everything is googlable now. Lazyness I say :cool:

brianthebard

Dara Robinson wrote:

Probably but there was nothing else on my mind at the time.

ok, here is a decent one.

Why is time directly related to gravity? The more gravity there is the slower time passes

Both of them are variables, what equations or formula can you show me to show they are directly related to each other?

tolosenc

1. Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries
are flat?

2. Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know
there
is not enough?

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

4. Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?

5. Why do they use sterilised needles for death by lethal injection?

6. Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

7. Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you
throw
a gun at him?

8. Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

9. Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?

10. What is the speed of darkness?

11. Are there specially reserved parking spaces for "normal" people at
the
Special Olympics?

12. If you send someone 'Styrofoam', how do you pack it?
13. If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice
as
cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?
14. If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

15. If it's true that we are here to help others, what are the others
doing
here?

16. Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem
longer?

17. If someone with a split personality threatens to commit suicide, is
it
a hostage situation?

18. Can you cry under water?

19. What level of importance must a person have, before they are
considered
assassinated instead of just murdered?

20. If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?

21. Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

22. How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would
be
a good idea to put wheels on bigger suitcases?

23. Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake
up,
like, every two hours?

24. If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?

25. Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in
binoculars to look at things on the ground?

copacetic

Dara Robinson wrote:

Probably but there was nothing else on my mind at the time.

ok, here is a decent one.

Why is time directly related to gravity? The more gravity there is the slower time passes

Not sure that is better, it's not really a why, it is just an 'is'.

Dara Robinson

brianthebard wrote:

Both of them are variables, what equations or formula can you show me to show they are directly related to each other?

It says so in Stargate

copacetic

brianthebard wrote:

Both of them are variables, what equations or formula can you show me to show they are directly related to each other?

what difference does that make, loads of equations relate variables. I thought it was accepted that time is slowed in high gravity. It's in einsteins general theory of relativity.

Feral Mutant

obl wrote:

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

Because they can check if the paint is wet, they have no way of easily determining how many stars there are.

obl wrote:

4. Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?

It needs to react with water before it gets sticky.

obl wrote:

8. Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

So they don't get a concussion and miss or fail to reach their target

obl wrote:

14. If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Humans didn't evolve from modern apes. Humans and modern apes evolved from a common ancestor

obl wrote:

21. Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

It's easier to make a square box than a round one.

I know a lot of the questions on that list weren't serious but some of them make you think.

connundrum

Feral Mutant wrote:

Humans and modern apes evolved from a common ancestor.

teh god

copacetic

Feral Mutant wrote:

It needs to react with water before it gets sticky.

air?

Feral Mutant

Just found the reasons for sterilising lethal injections.

Wikipedia wrote:

The needles and equipment used are also sterilized. One reason for this is that cannulae are standard medical products that are sterilized during manufacture. Secondly, there is a chance that the prisoner could receive a stay of execution after the cannulae have been inserted, as happened in the case of James Autry in October 1983 (he was executed eventually on March 14, 1984). Finally, it would also be a hazard for those handling unsterile equipment.

brianthebard

daveym wrote:

what difference does that make, loads of equations relate variables. I thought it was accepted that time is slowed in high gravity. It's in einsteins general theory of relativity.

if they are both variables both working independantly of each other then perhaps there is no correlation? Or if there is why don't you show me it?

copacetic

brianthebard wrote:

if they are both variables both working independantly of each other then perhaps there is no correlation? Or if there is why don't you show me it?

are u kidding? it's a generally accepted scientific theory. do a web search u lazy fecker..

brianthebard

daveym wrote:

are u kidding? it's a generally accepted scientific theory. do a web search u lazy fecker..

Teh whole point of the thread is to answer the questions, not to tell people to google it. Or do you just not know the answer and can't own up to it?

antSionnach

daveym wrote:

I thought it was accepted that time is slowed in high gravity. It's in einsteins general theory of relativity.

Trust. Nobody.

That was in the X Files, it's my brother's life motto. Yes, yes he is single actually.

copacetic

brianthebard wrote:

Teh whole point of the thread is to answer the questions, not to tell people to google it. Or do you just not know the answer and can't own up to it?

the point of the thread is to answer 'whys' this isn't a why. You are debating whether the premise of the question is true, not 'why' is it true. You are claiming it isn't.

I know it's true that it is part of Einstein's theory of general relativity but you are right I don't remember it off the top of my head. For shame! it's been a long time since college. If you are familiar with it at all you will know it is not a=b type stuff...

loismustdie

a burning question for me is why has nobody invented a substance to put in the air that will neutralize dust, i hate dust and i cant be alone in this can i???

Sam Vimes

brianthebard wrote:

Both of them are variables, what equations or formula can you show me to show they are directly related to each other?

F = GMm/r^2

F=Force
G=universal gravitational constant=6.67*10-11 N-m^2/kg^2
M=mass of first body
m=mass of second body
r=distance between objects

by newton's second law of motion, F=ma = mass by acceleration

unit of acceleration is m/s^2 = metre per second squared

m/s^2=GMm/r^2

so as gravitational pull increases, time decreases

Random

Commander Vimes wrote:

F = GMm/r^2

F=Force
G=universal gravitational constant=6.67*10-11 N-m^2/kg^2
M=mass of first body
m=mass of second body
r=distance between objects

by newton's second law of motion, F=ma = mass by acceleration

unit of acceleration is m/s^2

m/s^2=GMm/r^2

so as gravitational pull increases, time decreases

Not if SG1 are on duty!

smashey

Why are you all so uptight?

Chill.

biko

Why does everyone misspell THE as TEH, why noy HET or ETH? And I don't mean leet haxxor speak now. I just never seen the mistake.

brianthebard

Commander Vimes wrote:

F = GMm/r^2

F=Force
G=universal gravitational constant=6.67*10-11 N-m^2/kg^2
M=mass of first body
m=mass of second body
r=distance between objects

by newton's second law of motion, F=ma = mass by acceleration

unit of acceleration is m/s^2 = metre per second squared

m/s^2=GMm/r^2

so as gravitational pull increases, time decreases

Thanks. I seem to vaguely remember that formula from physics, is that something by Brahe?

DonkeyStyle \o/

Why am I me and not someone else?
I heard someone ask that on Star Trek and was like - "yeeeah... wtf is up with that?"

Would I still be me if another sperm had won the race?

Trix

why on roadsigns, that show how far away certain towns and cities are,are some of the towns/cities as normal and some in brackets. whats the point of the brackets??

Sam Vimes

brianthebard wrote:

Thanks. I seem to vaguely remember that formula from physics, is that something by Brahe?

no idea. i remember it from physics too

smashey

Trix wrote:

why on roadsigns, that show how far away certain towns and cities are,are some of the towns/cities as normal and some in brackets. whats the point of the brackets??

Quite simple really. To get to the town or city in brackets, you will have to turn off the road you are on.
Why am I rising to the bait?

Donegal Lass

why is there an 's' in 'lisp'??

Archeron

Why are there wasps? They dont serve any purpose whatsoever.

Scrotum

why is water wet when it is made up from two dry things:hydrogen and oxygen

Ciaran500

Cause they're both wet at the right tempreature/pressure.

togster

Why on road markings do they write sentances in the wrong order eg.Ahead school and not school ahead....

Faith

1.Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries
are flat?

To be sure that the batteries actually are dead, not just that we’re not pressing the button hard enough for it to register.

2. Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know
there is not enough?

Because they’re ****. It’s an “administration fee”, which actually amounts to about 50p. If you’ve been unfairly charged for things like that, you can claim your money back.

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

You have to take their word about the stars because you can’t count them yourself, but you can touch paint to see if it’s wet.

4. Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?

It has to react with air to become sticky.

5. Why do they use sterilised needles for death by lethal injection?

All needles are sterilized upon manufacture.


8. Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

It’s regulation.

12. If you send someone 'Styrofoam', how do you pack it?

It doesn’t need to be packed, it’s not fragile. You just put it in an envelope/container.

15. If it's true that we are here to help others, what are the others
doing here?

Helping us

18. Can you cry under water?

Yes

22. How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would
be a good idea to put wheels on bigger suitcases?

Because putting people on the moon seemed more important.

Heisenberg.

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Trix

Trix wrote:

why on roadsigns, that show how far away certain towns and cities are,are some of the towns/cities as normal and some in brackets. whats the point of the brackets??

To tell you that yo will have to change rows to get those town/cities in the brackets.

Dimitri

why am i always so grumpy?