Where are the people?

[cyberiot]

You didn't catch it. The key word is "LIVE" not 'lived'. You see, they don't bury 'live' people, only dead ones.

And again, speaking of graveyards,...They are sooo popular that people are just dying to get in them.

It's a joke...

Aw, SHEESH, Cappy--ya got me!! And up until now, I thought I was pretty good at this kinda stuff.

An electric train is headed due north at 58.6 miles per hour. A steady wind is blowing from the south-southwest at 12.3 miles per hour. In what direction does the smoke travel?

[obleo]

Good thing I had another cup of coffee....um, smoke from an electric train?
How'd I do? ;)

That's a good one!

[SheWoff]

[dreadstalker]

Good thing I had another cup of coffee....um, smoke from an electric train?
How'd I do? ;)

That's a good one!

If a plane carrying 76 passengers and 5 crew crashes right in the middle of the Canadian?American border where do you bury the survivors.

[SheWoff]

Nowhere....you don't bury survivors.

[cyberiot]

Good thing I had another cup of coffee....um, smoke from an electric train?
How'd I do? ;)

That's a good one!

Ding! We have a winner!

[Caplock50]

Heh, as for the direction the smoke would go, I guess it'd depend on just how bad the train was burning, eh?

If you are in a train car and it is traveling 60 miles an hour, and you built a fire in the middle of the floor of the car...would the smoke go straight up? Oh and the car is sealed well enough that there are no drafts.


Your dog is out chasing a rabbit. The dog's front legs are traveling at 40 miles an hour. What are the hind legs doing?

[dreadstalker]

Your dog is out chasing a rabbit. The dog's front legs are traveling at 40 miles an hour. What are the hind legs doing?

Last time I looked they were hauling a**.

[Caplock50]

dreadstalker, you got it! They be haulin' butt.

And about the smoke question, if you look at it very 'technically', the column of smoke from my fire is leaning in the direction of travel of the train...if considered from a point(way) outside the train car. If viewed only from inside the car, it'd be going straight up.

[cyberiot]

dreadstalker, you got it! They be haulin' butt.

And about the smoke question, if you look at it very 'technically', the column of smoke from my fire is leaning in the direction of travel of the train...if considered from a point(way) outside the train car. If viewed only from inside the car, it'd be going straight up.

Awright, Caplock. I'm at your mercy. Please help me understand what it is I am missing.

To me, "straight up" means vertical. As I understand it, all lines that intersect the precise center of the Earth are vertical. Up is up, no matter where on the Earth you are standing, which is why Flynn's hair still lies flat on his head down at the South Pole, unless he has read John G.'s most recent rant.

Let's say the railroad car is made of glass, so we can see it from a vantage point outside the train. Why would the smoke appear to lean in the direction of travel?

Please answer as though you are talking to a five-year-old. I have to draw pictures to do story problems in math . . .