pigeons, trains, and other shananigans

caustic 1 · 19-08-2013 07:55PM #1

Ok daughter just posed a few questions in our direction our being her father and I.
She is 16

1. If a lorry was driving down the road with a cargo of pigeons and hit a bump which sent all the pigeons up in their cages in flight would the lorry suddenly become lighter for that moment?

2. If you were standing on a moving train and jumped would you land in the same spot?

3. If you were travelling in a car doing 120 miles per hour and holding a gun which when fired the bullet could travel at 120miles per hour would the bullet leave the gun?

Thoughts please....:D

F1ngers · 19-08-2013 07:59PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Ok daughter just posed a few questions in our direction our being her father and I.
She is 16

1. If a lorry was driving down the road with a cargo of pigeons and hit a bump which sent all the pigeons up in their cages in flight would the lorry suddenly become lighter for that moment?

2. If you were standing on a moving train and jumped would you land in the same spot?

3. If you were travelling in a car doing 120 miles per hour and holding a gun which when fired the bullet could travel at 120miles per hour would the bullet leave the gun?

Thoughts please....:D

Sounds like you can't answer your daughters homework questions and came on here for help.

kneemos · 19-08-2013 07:59PM

No
yes
yes.

Fr_Dougal · 19-08-2013 08:00PM

Is 16 legal?

Wacker The Attacker · 19-08-2013 08:00PM

Your daughter has already failed her IQ test

BNMC · 19-08-2013 08:01PM

Yes
Yes
No

caustic 1 · 19-08-2013 08:01PM

Sounds like you can't answer your daughters homework questions and came on here for help

Still on holidays

Wacker The Attacker · 19-08-2013 08:01PM

Shoot the rose of Tralee at 100 miles an hour and shove a pigeon up Daithi O'Se' hole.

hansfrei · 19-08-2013 08:02PM

83

caustic 1 · 19-08-2013 08:03PM

Shoot the rose of Tralee at 100 miles an hour and shove a pigeon up Daithi O'Se' hole.

Jump on the train and go home

stefan idiot jones · 19-08-2013 08:04PM

I remember reading somewhere a question similar to your pigeon one.
I think that although it should in theory be lighter, the down force/air displacement would affect the true accurate weight of the vehicle.

Could be wrong though.

Frosty McSnowballs · 19-08-2013 08:05PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Ok daughter just posed a few questions in our direction our being her father and I.
She is 16

1. If a lorry was driving down the road with a cargo of pigeons and hit a bump which sent all the pigeons up in their cages in flight would the lorry suddenly become lighter for that moment?

2. If you were standing on a moving train and jumped would you land in the same spot?

3. If you were travelling in a car doing 120 miles per hour and holding a gun which when fired the bullet could travel at 120miles per hour would the bullet leave the gun?

Thoughts please....:D

1. Yes
2. Same spot on train - yes
3. A particular rifle fires a round at the speed of 980 meters per second. That equates to 2,192 mph....how fast is your car?

caustic 1 · 19-08-2013 08:07PM

[QUOTE A particular rifle fires a round at the speed of 980 meters per second. That equates to 2,192 mph....how fast is your car?[/QUOTE]

Erm.. not quite that quick :rolleyes:

MadsL · 19-08-2013 08:08PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Ok daughter just posed a few questions in our direction our being her father and I.
She is 16

1. If a lorry was driving down the road with a cargo of pigeons and hit a bump which sent all the pigeons up in their cages in flight would the lorry suddenly become lighter for that moment?

2. If you were standing on a moving train and jumped would you land in the same spot?

3. If you were travelling in a car doing 120 miles per hour and holding a gun which when fired the bullet could travel at 120miles per hour would the bullet leave the gun?

Thoughts please....:D

1. Cages are too small for pigeons to fly.
2. Jumping off a train is illegal.
3. A gun that fires a bullet at 120 mph is a rubbish gun.

Why is your daughters age relevant? Oh hang on.

1. She's too young to drive a lorry.
2. She needs to pay full fare unless she is on her way to school
3. She's too young to own a gun.

dxhound2005 · 19-08-2013 08:08PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Ok daughter just posed a few questions in our direction our being her father and I.
She is 16

1. If a lorry was driving down the road with a cargo of pigeons and hit a bump which sent all the pigeons up in their cages in flight would the lorry suddenly become lighter for that moment?

2. If you were standing on a moving train and jumped would you land in the same spot?

3. If you were travelling in a car doing 120 miles per hour and holding a gun which when fired the bullet could travel at 120miles per hour would the bullet leave the gun?

Thoughts please....:D

Thoughts.

You can't spell shenanigans.
This is the wrong place to ask.
You should let her use the internet.

kneemos · 19-08-2013 08:09PM

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

1. Yes
2. Same spot on train - yes
3. A particular rifle fires a round at the speed of 980 meters per second. That equates to 2,192 mph....how fast is your car?

The bullet would be traveling at 240mph.

Sofiztikated · 19-08-2013 08:10PM

1. I don't know
2. I don't pretend to know
3. I don't know.

Next.

Mint Sauce · 19-08-2013 08:10PM

MadsL wrote: »

1. Cages are too small for pigeons to fly.
2. Jumping off a train is illegal.
3. A gun that fires a bullet at 120 mph is a rubbish gun.

Why is your daughters age relevant?

I think the OP refers to jumping inside the carriage. Ie, if you jumped, would you move back down the carriage as the train moved forward.

:P

MadsL · 19-08-2013 08:22PM

Mint Sauce wrote: »

I think the OP refers to jumping inside the carriage. Ie, if you jumped, would you move back down the carriage as the train moved forward.

:P

Obviously not, duh!

Chancer3001 · 19-08-2013 08:35PM

The pigeon thing won't make the lorry lighter cos of the downforce from the wings beating.

I read that in Focus science magazine before.

They also said idiot was a huge lorry that had a helicopter in the hold, and the helicopter took off and hovered, still inside the hold, it wouldn't way any less cos of the downforce ....

stefan idiot jones · 19-08-2013 09:02PM

What if you did this inside the train ?

caustic 1 · 19-08-2013 09:04PM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

What if you did this inside the train ?

eejits

YellowFeather · 19-08-2013 09:04PM

Your 16 year old daughter asked you those questions? I'd be asking where she got her weed.

Frosty McSnowballs · 19-08-2013 09:05PM

kneemos wrote: »

The bullet would be traveling at 240mph.

240 mph is only 107.29 mps

1000 mph = 447.04 mps x2 = 894.08 mps
192 mph = 85.88 mps

894.08 + 85.88 = 979.96 mps which when converted into mph = 2192

Mickey H · 19-08-2013 09:24PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Ok daughter just posed a few questions in our direction our being her father and I.
She is 16

1. If a lorry was driving down the road with a cargo of pigeons and hit a bump which sent all the pigeons up in their cages in flight would the lorry suddenly become lighter for that moment?

2. If you were standing on a moving train and jumped would you land in the same spot?

3. If you were travelling in a car doing 120 miles per hour and holding a gun which when fired the bullet could travel at 120miles per hour would the bullet leave the gun?

Thoughts please....:D

1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.

NuckingFacker · 19-08-2013 09:28PM

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

240 mph is only 107.29 mps

1000 mph = 447.04 mps x2 = 894.08 mps
192 mph = 85.88 mps

894.08 + 85.88 = 979.96 mps which when converted into mph = 2192

55+2=57 also. There's loads of others as well.

Frosty McSnowballs · 19-08-2013 09:31PM

NuckingFacker wrote: »

55+2=57 also. There's loads of others as well.

Banana - 78 = Benny Hill

NuckingFacker · 19-08-2013 09:39PM

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Banana - 78 = Benny Hill

Ah now stop, I never got fractions.

Frosty McSnowballs · 19-08-2013 09:45PM

NuckingFacker wrote: »

Ah now stop, I never got fractions.

Just wait until you get the sum of x from the isosceles of a mongoose. Solve for kit kat.

Ficheall · 19-08-2013 09:52PM

The answer to the first two questions is "no". What direction are you firing the gun in?

Actually - are you "on" the train or "in" it?

--Kaiser-- · 19-08-2013 09:56PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Ok daughter just posed a few questions in our direction our being her father and I.
She is 16

1. If a lorry was driving down the road with a cargo of pigeons and hit a bump which sent all the pigeons up in their cages in flight would the lorry suddenly become lighter for that moment?

2. If you were standing on a moving train and jumped would you land in the same spot?

3. If you were travelling in a car doing 120 miles per hour and holding a gun which when fired the bullet could travel at 120miles per hour would the bullet leave the gun?

Thoughts please....:D

1. Lorry stays the same weight, that weight can't just disappear.

2. No.

3. Yes it would.

pigeons, trains, and other shananigans

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