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Would penguins be good for wall insulation?

  • 28-10-2011 12:01pm
    #1
    Mr.Crinklewood
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    Surely their blubber would keep the heat in? Was thinking about Whales, but that would be cruel.


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  • #2
    funky penguin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭funky penguin


    Yes.


  • #3
    TeddyTedson
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    Why not use sheep?


  • #4
    Oranage2
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    I say use people - Live people to stand around the walls -


  • #5
    TeddyTedson
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    or sheeple!


  • #6
    Deki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44,501 ✭✭✭✭Deki


    Or you could TP the inside of your house. Too bad it doesn't come in designer colors anymore. Probably this time of year you could get people to help you. You could even say it was a class and tell them you were teaching a Traditional Halloween technique, and charge them money and lab fees to cover the cost of the toilet paper. Hurry you don't have much time left.


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  • #7
    Nody
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    Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »
    Surely their blubber would keep the heat in? Was thinking about Whales, but that would be cruel.
    Yea but the smell of all that fish, eew!!!

    Much better to have crosswords instead; that way people will always stand around your hose filling them in and you can use them for insulation.


  • #8
    Deki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44,501 ✭✭✭✭Deki


    or you could just become a pack rat. stack old books and odd boxes against the wall for insulation. Newspapers wold do nicely though and maybe you could tuck a few bills in among the pages, save money for a rainy day. .. possibly build a few traps for nosy folks or random thief ?


  • #9
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Oranage2 wrote: »
    I say use people - Live people to stand around the walls -
    people give out about 100W of heat each so you won't even need insulation

    Tip get some Inuit , they love penguins


  • #10
    L.Jenkins
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    Why not polar bears? They love the penguins too.


  • #11
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Why would you need to insulate a polar bear :confused:


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  • #12
    L.Jenkins
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    Polar bears and polar ice caps. Can't exactly start a fire to keep themselves warm, can they!


  • #13
    Capt'n Midnight
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    fair enough , you'd have to put them with the front facing out, so the polar bear still looks white from a distance for camouflage


  • #14
    Mr.Crinklewood
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    fair enough , you'd have to put them with the front facing out, so the polar bear still looks white from a distance for camouflage

    The insulation would be in the cavity between the walls, there the direction they are facing would not be an issue.


  • #15
    L.Jenkins
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    Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »
    The insulation would be in the cavity between the walls, there the direction they are facing would not be an issue.

    What about the noisey penguins in your walls though?


  • #16
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »
    The insulation would be in the cavity between the walls, there the direction they are facing would not be an issue.
    polar bears have cavity walls


    wow

    you do learn something new every day


  • #17
    L.Jenkins
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    Really? :rolleyes: C'mon that's common knowledge!


  • #18
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Never trust a polar bear.


    I've worked in the construction industry for years and we never once got paid on time by a polar bear not even during the boom :mad:


  • #19
    L.Jenkins
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    Feckin' polar bears!


  • #20
    RolandIRL
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    don't trust me...honestly, everything i say is a lie


  • #21
    L.Jenkins
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    Roland Deschain wrote: »
    don't trust me...honestly, everything i say is a lie

    Using this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_logic) a proof can be derived. Penguins, yes they make for good insulation.


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