h a l f b a k e r yOn the one hand, true. On the other hand, bollocks.
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Yip I think you could spin the rope as fast as you liked and the bucket would never pull up any water. But then again if you could stop the bucket from spining the rope would surely shorten... |
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So zen how do you stop the bucket spinning? |
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I hope I'm not the only person to realize that this is a sarcastic
parody. |
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Zorbo is a Hungarian, or at least, he hasn't had his breakfast yet. |
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Perhaps the bucket could be anchored at the pole, and the earth allowed to spin around it... |
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Barry realised that, with a nod to [DrWorm], this is indeed a
sarcastic parody. |
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Hi, welcome to the HalfBakery: you can avoid such social faux pas by referring to the 'help' section, available from the left side of the page, under 'meta'. |
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I was inclined to think this wouldn't work... but then I set myself straight and it did. |
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<Misquoting Blackadder>
Baldrick: ...I shall prepare my Zorbo's Bucket surprise.
Edmund: and the surprise is...?
Baldrick: There's nothing else in it except a bucket.
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