A man and a woman who had never met before, but who were both married, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping cabin on a trans-continental train.
Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a cabin, they went to bed, he in the upper berth and she in the lower.
At 1:00 AM, they were both still wide awake and they both knew it.
He said: “I’m sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet under your bed to get me a second blanket? I’m awfully cold.”
“I have a better idea,” she replied “Just for tonight,…… let’s pretend that we’re married.”
“That’s a great idea!,” he said, now totally aroused.
“Good,” she replied. “Get your own friggin blanket.”
After a moment of silence, he farted and did not care!
Given an infinity of universe containing an infinity of celestial objects, can we say that a bullet with infinate range, fired into a random of sky, would eventually hit another object?
Brain teaser in high school involved selecting which limited number of objects would be most useful on the Moon from a larger pool that included a revolver and a rubber raft. Both of those made the cut in the actual answer for the sake of propulsion (mainly the compressed air inflater from the raft).
I remember a trivia line about the sand thing. It said that the number of distinct stars you can see with the naked eye (a few thousand at best) would fill a thimble (though I think a shot glass is more appropriate, but this WAS a kid’s book) the number of actual stars in our galaxy would fill a good sized wheelbarrow (roughly 1-400 billion) but for all the galaxies in the observable universe, every dry grain of sand on every beach and desert wouldn’t be enough (they SPECIFICALLY said dry sand, so I’m assuming if you scooped all of the sand from the bottom of the ocean that would be enough)
Ω has been calculated to 40,000 figures. That to me is a more impressive calculation than the scientific guess about grains of sand. Any one can say something like that and there is no one who can say, " I re-counted them and that number is not true"
Calvin for dog catcher ! 20 days ago
Esp my farts ask my wife !
h.v.greenman 20 days ago
And Jackie Gleason could propel Audrey Meadows to the moon
j_m_kuehl 20 days ago
Sounds like the big “Boom Boom” theory
viperfuel60 20 days ago
Some estimates say that the stars out number the grains of sand by about 10 to 1
The Duke 20 days ago
I agree it’s theoretically possible to propel yourself with a fart but not if you’re wearing a space suit.
boniface22 20 days ago
A fart in a spacesuit would be most unwelcome.
Pickled Pete 19 days ago
The fart rebuttal
A man and a woman who had never met before, but who were both married, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping cabin on a trans-continental train.Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a cabin, they went to bed, he in the upper berth and she in the lower.
At 1:00 AM, they were both still wide awake and they both knew it.
He said: “I’m sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet under your bed to get me a second blanket? I’m awfully cold.”
“I have a better idea,” she replied “Just for tonight,…… let’s pretend that we’re married.”
“That’s a great idea!,” he said, now totally aroused.
“Good,” she replied. “Get your own friggin blanket.”
After a moment of silence, he farted and did not care!
Hoosier Guy 19 days ago
There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Believe it or not.
bobpickett1 19 days ago
TMI
Pickled Pete 19 days ago
America’s Mayor
On this day in history Nov. 2, 1993
Rudy Giuliani wins the New York mayoral election, becomes 1st Republican mayor since 1965.TheBigPickle 19 days ago
And there are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Darned deforestation…
Angry Indeed Premium Member 19 days ago
That “Mini Moon” appellation was probably inspired by some Dr. Evil fans at NASA.
TonyR Premium Member 19 days ago
Hammie “toots” could propel a squirrel! (OTH)
tremaine53 19 days ago
More stars than grains of sand, eh? Did they count them?
Huckleberry Hiroshima 19 days ago
I’d spin. Talent baby.
Jayalexander 19 days ago
Triple threat belch, sneexe and fart st the sme time.
markhughw 19 days ago
And that is only within our Big Bang universe from 14.5 billion years ago.
[Unnamed Reader - b6b8d2] 19 days ago
Who’s counting?
poppacapsmokeblower 19 days ago
You are safe so long as your fart remains in your spacesuit. You will suffer if your fart exits your spacesuit.
I suspect astronauts have propelled themselves around the space stations using natural gas. It would just go unreported.
oakie817 19 days ago
So up in space, I’d be like Superman?
david.reichert 19 days ago
Given an infinity of universe containing an infinity of celestial objects, can we say that a bullet with infinate range, fired into a random of sky, would eventually hit another object?
gcarlson 19 days ago
Brain teaser in high school involved selecting which limited number of objects would be most useful on the Moon from a larger pool that included a revolver and a rubber raft. Both of those made the cut in the actual answer for the sake of propulsion (mainly the compressed air inflater from the raft).
billwog 19 days ago
That must have been one giant dirt clod before The Big Bang created all this.
ekke 19 days ago
So, how long would it take you to fart your way to, say, Alpha Centauri?
Actually, unless the space suit were venting it, farting in space would do absolutely nothing. So: Alpha Centauri = infinity.
ekke 19 days ago
Don’t believe everything that Carl Sagan never said!
Bilan 19 days ago
There are more people that already heard about the mini-moon than there are grains of sand.
6turtle9 19 days ago
There may be more stars than grains of sands on earth, but a good fart joke will take you further.
yangeldf 19 days ago
I remember a trivia line about the sand thing. It said that the number of distinct stars you can see with the naked eye (a few thousand at best) would fill a thimble (though I think a shot glass is more appropriate, but this WAS a kid’s book) the number of actual stars in our galaxy would fill a good sized wheelbarrow (roughly 1-400 billion) but for all the galaxies in the observable universe, every dry grain of sand on every beach and desert wouldn’t be enough (they SPECIFICALLY said dry sand, so I’m assuming if you scooped all of the sand from the bottom of the ocean that would be enough)
SkyGuy 19 days ago
“I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore.” Gen. 22:17
arrseetee 18 days ago
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 17 days ago
With or without beans?