A Conversation for The H2IQ Quiz - Be The First Among Equals
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Tuesday 30th October 2001
GreeboTCat Started conversation Oct 30, 2001
You are travelling to the North Pole by sled, but your huskies are too enthusiastic and you overshoot the Pole slighty. Will east be to your left or right, and why is this?
Tuesday 30th October 2001
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Oct 30, 2001
...because... hmmm... when my nose points to north, east is to the right, and if I turn my back to north, it must be the opposite, i.e. left...
Tuesday 30th October 2001
tdbiii Posted Oct 30, 2001
Ok so I was first here is the longer explanation
Fron the Northpole all directions are south. So after going past the nothpole you are going south. When traveling south east is on the left.
Tuesday 30th October 2001
Orcus Posted Oct 30, 2001
Who is this Pole and why is he racing me to the north pole? 
Tuesday 30th October 2001
HollePolle Posted Oct 30, 2001
He must be from somewhere near Gdansk, as that is pretty far north in Poland... 
If the Huskies were overshooting the magnetic northpole they might still be heading towards the geographic northpole, resulting in East still being to the right!!! 
HP
ยป--.
Tuesday 30th October 2001
PaulBateman Posted Oct 30, 2001
The North Pole is basically ice, breaking up. It is not really a solid mass. This means it is unlikely that you could get to the true North Pole by husky and if you did and over shot you are probably sinking in the Artic Ocean and aren't too bothered if East is left or right. (I'm asuming this is a trick question )
Tuesday 30th October 2001
PaulBateman Posted Oct 30, 2001
PS - There is also the danger of Polar Bears
Tuesday 30th October 2001
Seagull's Lost Horizon Posted Oct 30, 2001
late again
I was at the olympic game and saw a man carring a long pole
I said 'are you a pole vaulter'
'no' he said 'I'm danish, how'd you know my name was vaulter'
Tuesday 30th October 2001
Whisky Posted Oct 30, 2001
* Throws 
at seagull for having made such an awful joke *
* listens *
Shhh! Can anyone hear that? You know, that digging sound....
Darn it, Titania's already heading for tomorrow's question. Someone stop her!
I swear she can't be queen of the elves, anyone who digs that fast must have dwarvish blood in her
Just how tall are you anyway Titania?
whisky
Tuesday 30th October 2001
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Oct 30, 2001
Tall enough to catch you, Whisky!
*jumps on Whisky, and attacks him, after carefully gagging him with a n.b. clean handkerchief, with a 
*
Tuesday 30th October 2001
Whisky Posted Oct 30, 2001
"Help Help", he screams, after pulling the handkerchief out of his mouth 
. "Someone take that axe away from the dwarf before she hurts someone, namely me 
".
Oh, where's she gone now.
* whisky runs off into the distance trying to follow a suspicious bulge in the Goo *
Tuesday 30th October 2001
Witty Moniker Posted Oct 30, 2001
Ooh! A time slide! That was fun. And I could really use those extra 24 hours. Thanks, Titania.
Tuesday 30th October 2001
Ottox Posted Oct 30, 2001
he he he... I know where to find the time slide, but I won't use it until tomorrow!
Erm... I'd like you all to know that there is NO Danes called Vaulter!
There's 133 persons with Valter as their first name and 38 with Valter as their last name - that's the closest you can get to anyone called Vaulter in Denmark!!! 
Anyone who wants to know how many is called Valther, Walter or Walther?
Tuesday 30th October 2001
tdbiii Posted Oct 30, 2001
O yes please, information like that will go weel with the rest of my collection!
Tuesday 30th October 2001
Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Oct 30, 2001
If I was a Dane, I could start a new researcher with the nickname Vaulter.
Tuesday 30th October 2001
Ottox Posted Oct 30, 2001
Clever! 
You asked for it!
Valther: First name 180, last name 3
Walter: First name 398, last name 107
Walther: First name 658, last name 506
Why do people want to know such things??? 
*rolls eyes*
Tuesday 30th October 2001
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Oct 31, 2001
Cus sometimes, knowing stuff is better than knowing ..other stuff.
jwf
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Tuesday 30th October 2001
- 1: GreeboTCat (Oct 30, 2001)
- 2: tdbiii (Oct 30, 2001)
- 3: Titania (gone for lunch) (Oct 30, 2001)
- 4: tdbiii (Oct 30, 2001)
- 5: Titania (gone for lunch) (Oct 30, 2001)
- 6: tdbiii (Oct 30, 2001)
- 7: Orcus (Oct 30, 2001)
- 8: HollePolle (Oct 30, 2001)
- 9: PaulBateman (Oct 30, 2001)
- 10: PaulBateman (Oct 30, 2001)
- 11: Seagull's Lost Horizon (Oct 30, 2001)
- 12: Whisky (Oct 30, 2001)
- 13: Titania (gone for lunch) (Oct 30, 2001)
- 14: Whisky (Oct 30, 2001)
- 15: Witty Moniker (Oct 30, 2001)
- 16: Ottox (Oct 30, 2001)
- 17: tdbiii (Oct 30, 2001)
- 18: Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking (Oct 30, 2001)
- 19: Ottox (Oct 30, 2001)
- 20: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Oct 31, 2001)
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