Baby elephant momentum
Monday 11th February 2002
Elephant Ratings
Elephants feature again in safety awards
Discussion
Erm, the momentum of a baby elephant depends on how fast it is going. All we have to do to stop laptops from hurting people in RTAs is to ensure that all baby elephants are stationary (momentum = mass x velocity). This will ensure that all laptops have zero momentum and no injuries will result.
Damnit I should be a safety consultant.
Damnit I should be a safety consultant.
Ted
You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one!
I mean PH is an motoring enthusiasts site, for sports car drivers, who are unlikely to be carrying lap-top computers, luggage, bottles, shopping, prams, tools, beer bottles and ornamental garden gnomes, or large mammals in the car.
The whole thing is completely irrelephant.
You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one!
I mean PH is an motoring enthusiasts site, for sports car drivers, who are unlikely to be carrying lap-top computers, luggage, bottles, shopping, prams, tools, beer bottles and ornamental garden gnomes, or large mammals in the car.
The whole thing is completely irrelephant.
Yeah the baby elephant thing annoys me too.
when those funky advertisments on telly show you a kid turning into a baby elephant and ramming through the car. The question has to be asked a baby elephant going at WHAT speed?
If it was the same speed as the kid in the backseat of the car then that would imply that the kid has the same mass as a baby elephant. Now I know some kids on the schoolrun are fat but surely not that lardy?
Anyway the moral of the story is don't carry baby elephants about in the backseat of your car.
You know it makes sense.
Andy
when those funky advertisments on telly show you a kid turning into a baby elephant and ramming through the car. The question has to be asked a baby elephant going at WHAT speed?
If it was the same speed as the kid in the backseat of the car then that would imply that the kid has the same mass as a baby elephant. Now I know some kids on the schoolrun are fat but surely not that lardy?
Anyway the moral of the story is don't carry baby elephants about in the backseat of your car.
You know it makes sense.
Andy
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You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one!
Many people have normal cars as well and I thought it would serve as a useful warning about putting heavy items in the trunk.
Only someone as stupid as me would put an excavator bucket in the back of an estate - seats folded down - then wonder why they nearly got scalped at the first T junction.
(WARNING - semi-serious post)
This has bugged me for years, so I am ecstatic to discuss this vital issue with fellow experts.
My best guess is they are referring to the maximum self-powered speed (i.e. running) of pachyderm junior. So what, say 8mph?
Now a BABY elephant WHEN BORN, might only weigh 4-5 times the mass of a modern well-fed child (I really have no idea). So at 35mph, the possibility is there of all the maths adding up.
(And shouldn't they specify African/Indian?!?)
OK, get back to your puns - less of the long faces.
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Yeah the baby elephant thing annoys me too.
when those funky advertisments on telly show you a kid turning into a baby elephant and ramming through the car. The question has to be asked a baby elephant going at WHAT speed?
This has bugged me for years, so I am ecstatic to discuss this vital issue with fellow experts.
My best guess is they are referring to the maximum self-powered speed (i.e. running) of pachyderm junior. So what, say 8mph?
Now a BABY elephant WHEN BORN, might only weigh 4-5 times the mass of a modern well-fed child (I really have no idea). So at 35mph, the possibility is there of all the maths adding up.
(And shouldn't they specify African/Indian?!?)
OK, get back to your puns - less of the long faces.
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