Re: 336 access from Birmingham Cable

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From: Andrew Gebbie
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 00:00

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Grant <grant@phogrant.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Sid and Sam were in a plane 300 meters up, flying off 
> the coast of southern England. Sam bet that if he
> dropped a 5kg steel ball six seconds after Sid dropped
> a 5kg sack of feathers, the steel ball would hit the 
> ground first. Who won the bet?

Well?  Guesses:

1.  Sid, because two 5kg things both fall at the same rate.  Somebody
proved this while making the tower of Pisa lean over, didn't they?

2.  Sam, because the 5kg sack of feathers was so large that Sid
couldn't get it out of the door of the plane.

3.  Um, neither, because they're off the coast of England, so it all
falls in the sea.

4.  Neither, because they're flying so low that they hit the White
Cliffs of Dover.

I know this is off-topic, but it's nearly Christmas...

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From: Andrew@gebbie.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gebbie)
Subject: Re: 336 access from Birmingham Cable
Date: 1996/12/04
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