A Flying Joke

Matt Whiting wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote:
Matt Whiting wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote:
Tina wrote:
You know, as a professional shrink with an academic post, I'm thinking
this could be an interesting research project -- humor and older
pilots. Let's see if I can remember it when I'm back in my office
discussing thesis topics.

Hey, it makes as much or more sense as some of the other projects that
are funded.




On Jul 11, 7:58 pm, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message

.. .

Sadly, I didn't get the joke sentence at the end of the article.
First my
hair goes, then my memory, and now this!
Sadly, you just displayed on of the first serious symptoms
of... Oh dear, I
forgot.

Vaughn


Hell, don't laugh, but there was once a funded project at one of the
service test pilot schools (I'm in fear of my life here if I divulge
too much :-) where the potential military use of the Frisbee was
studied. I recall the best of the best out there in the hangar one
Saturday afternoon throwing one around and jotting down copious and
serious notes :-)
Don't know whatever happened to the final white paper, but I believe
it's filed in there somewhere along with the one trying to decide if
a fly lands on the ceiling from a half loop or a half slow roll.
Believe it or not, I actually know the answer to this question. I'm
still working on Fermat's last theorem however!!! :-))))

Ok, Dudley, cough up the answer!

Matt
I'd love to, but the guys at Princeton might get on me a bit. Andrew
Wile solved it years ago. I'm just trying to figure out how the hell
he did it :-))
Dudley Henriques

The answer is neither! I should have known.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_043.html

Matt

You have broken the code! Go to the head of the class!!
DH

Morgans wrote:

"Dudley Henriques" wrote

Don't know whatever happened to the final white paper, but I believe
it's filed in there somewhere along with the one trying to decide if a
fly lands on the ceiling from a half loop or a half slow roll.
Believe it or not, I actually know the answer to this question.

I'm sure you know this, since you are a fly expert g but did you know
that a fly has to jump backwards to take-off?

That is why if you wait for a fly to walk forward, and swat (or catch
it) you have a chance to get it, because he has to stop and shift into
reverse!

So, does the fly do a downwind take-off as normal procedure, or does he
do a downwind-into the wind take-off?

Who's on first? g

You know Jim; you and I HAVE to get a life!!!! :-))
DH

("Dudley Henriques" wrote)
You know Jim; you and I HAVE to get a life!!!! :-))


You two could hang around together - as in upside-down.


Paul-Mont :-)

On Jul 11, 9:11 pm, "Morgans" wrote:
I'm sure you know this, since you are a fly expert g but did you know that a
fly has to jump backwards to take-off?

That is why if you wait for a fly to walk forward, and swat (or catch it) you
have a chance to get it, because he has to stop and shift into reverse!

My fly-eliminating record is unmatched. I saw the fly's takeoff
demonstrated years ago in slow-motion and have *effectively* adjusted
my approach. Instead of attacking from overhead, you surround the
target (hapless fly) from the sides and when he figgers out something
bad is about to happen and jumps up (and backwards as Morgans pointed
out) - SPLAT!!! Terminated with extreme prejudice.

"Kingfish" wrote in message
My fly-eliminating record is unmatched. I saw the fly's takeoff
demonstrated years ago in slow-motion and have *effectively* adjusted
my approach. Instead of attacking from overhead, you surround the
target (hapless fly) from the sides and when he figgers out something
bad is about to happen and jumps up (and backwards as Morgans pointed
out) - SPLAT!!! Terminated with extreme prejudice.

That's too cruel. What you do is move your opened hand rapidly behind the
fly. Just as you pass an inch over the fly, close your fist. It turns out
you just caught a fly. Repeat this three times and follow these
instructions:

http://ruminate.net/pdm/humor/work-well-together/

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:14:09 -0000, Tina wrote
in .com:

Hey, it makes as much or more sense as some of the other projects that
are funded.

Oh, you mean like this Johns Hopkins University study:


http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...9526f3742820a2

"Tina" wrote in message
oups.com...
Yes, it's a part 135 joke, not a part 91 one, sent to me by a Jewish
friend.

Actually, it's part 121, but it's still funny.

On Jul 11, 7:51 pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
Tina wrote:
Yes, it's a part 135 joke, not a part 91 one, sent to me by a Jewish
friend.

THE FLIGHT

It was mealtime during a flight on El-Al. "Would you like dinner?"
the flight attendant asked Moishe, seated in front.
''What are my choices?" Moishe asked
"Yes or no," she replied.

--------------------------------------
Well, I thought is was funny.

Well, that's because you are young. :-)

Interesting conclusion considering the context of the joke. I would
have thought that an older American hearing the joke would be more apt
to "get it" in light of the history of American airline deregulation.
(the implication being that an older American would be more apt to
have first hand knowledge of the experiences both pre and post
deregulation). Since I am too young, the joke is funny to me, but may
be even more funny if I had the experience of having pre-deregulation
service.

As an aside, it seems that it may be even more context sensitive by
the choice of El Al as the airline and (perhaps) references to
"lessons learned" when deregulating airlines.

Dudley Henriques wrote:



Believe it or not, I actually know the answer to this question. I'm
still working on Fermat's last theorem however!!! :-))))

Dudley Henriques

Great book!!!! I enjoyed it...


--

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI

On Jul 11, 5:50 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:
Tina wrote:
You know, as a professional shrink with an academic post, I'm thinking
this could be an interesting research project -- humor and older
pilots. Let's see if I can remember it when I'm back in my office
discussing thesis topics.

Hey, it makes as much or more sense as some of the other projects that
are funded.

On Jul 11, 7:58 pm, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message

...

Sadly, I didn't get the joke sentence at the end of the article. First my
hair goes, then my memory, and now this!
Sadly, you just displayed on of the first serious symptoms of... Oh dear, I
forgot.

Vaughn

Hell, don't laugh, but there was once a funded project at one of the
service test pilot schools (I'm in fear of my life here if I divulge too
much :-) where the potential military use of the Frisbee was studied. I
recall the best of the best out there in the hangar one Saturday
afternoon throwing one around and jotting down copious and serious notes :-)
Don't know whatever happened to the final white paper, but I believe
it's filed in there somewhere along with the one trying to decide if a
fly lands on the ceiling from a half loop or a half slow roll.

IIRC, it's down the same aisle where The Ark ended up at the end of
the Indiana Jones movie...

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ
www.pbase.com/flyingphotog