WTF Stories of the Week

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

I notice this has rapidly become the "Kill Bornieo" thread.

Poor Bornieo.



Now, we just need to make sure to take out some life insurance on him.

Bornieo knows that this is all fun and games. We would never try to kill him... again.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

We would never try to kill him... again.

Yeah, considering the last plans got all screwed up thanks to someone (not mentioning any names.....coughGeminiCricketcough...) forgetting the rubber banding, thus making us rig the giant slingshot with my bra, only to have it misfire and land somewhere across the Pacific. That was an embarrassing day.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

We also need to consider the exact point of impact to make sure it fully impales and doesn't just bend or worse, snap off, thus hurting the castle, ruining the joy of millions of people.

It would be just like Bornieo to ruin my fun!

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

Yeah, considering the last plans got all screwed up thanks to someone (not mentioning any names.....coughGeminiCricketcough...) forgetting the rubber banding, thus making us rig the giant slingshot with my bra, only to have it misfire and land somewhere across the Pacific. That was an embarrassing day.

Yes, but usage of your bra did allow for a larger projectile.

[Alex]

[Several meetings interrupted this post; wouldn't surprise me if math went astray at some point]

Just a warped point of view, but mathematics (or one if its applied offspring) is, for me, frequently what puts the fun in.


So.

The Matterhorn is 147 feet tall or 44.8 meters. The castle at it's tallest is 77 feet (23.5 meters). Let's say that the short spire near the Matterhorn is half that or 11.5 meters).

It will take 2.6 seconds to fall those 33.3 meters. To travel 276 lateral feet (84.1 meters) in that time you'd have to jump out with a speed (ignoring wind resistance) of 72 miles per hour.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Alex

[Several meetings interrupted this post; wouldn't surprise me if math went astray at some point]

Just a warped point of view, but mathematics (or one if its applied offspring) is, for me, frequently what puts the fun in.


So.

The Matterhorn is 147 feet tall or 44.8 meters. The castle at it's tallest is 77 feet. Let's say that the short spire near the Matterhorn is half that or 11.5 meters).

Jumping straight out from the top of the Matterhorn (to maximize lateral velocity) it will take 2.6 seconds to fall those 33.3 meters. To travel 276 feet (84.1 meters) in that time you'd have to jump out with a speed (ignoring wind resistance) of 72 miles per hour.

My brain hurts.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Alex

Boy do we live in an amazing world where that can be precisely determined in less than a minute from thinking of it.

Jumping from the top of the Matterhorn onto the nearest castle spire is 276 horizontal feet.

This site is really cool! I just discovered that my work is precisely due east of my house.

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

We also need to consider the exact point of impact to make sure it fully impales and doesn't just bend or worse, snap off, thus hurting the castle, ruining the joy of millions of people.

Yeah, he could end up bouncing around on people in the hub, like one of those New Year's Eve beach balls.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

Yeah, he could end up bouncing around on people in the hub, like one of those New Year's Eve beach balls.

That could be a new attraction!

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by JWBear

That could be a new attraction!

They could make a mint selling ponchos, talk about a SOAK ZONE!