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A45688918 - Using a Shell to Hear the Sea
U168592 Posted Jan 11, 2009
A45688918 - Using a Shell to Hear the Sea
Page Turner.
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David B - Singing Librarian Owl Posted Jan 11, 2009
Excellent Entry. I am another of those people who erroneously assumed it was the sound of your blood whooshing around. How fascinating.
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RadoxTheGreen - Retired Posted Jan 17, 2009
Down on the beach last year, there was a girl wearing a bikini made from seashells. When I held one up to my ear I could hear her scream. 
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U168592 Posted Jan 17, 2009
I've nabbed that Radox, and credited you 
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RadoxTheGreen - Retired Posted Jan 17, 2009
Actually Matt, it's a very old Larry The Cable Guy joke that I thought was crying out for retelling. Perhaps you chould credit him instead.
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pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain) Posted Jan 20, 2009
Delightful! Well done
>>you can produce the same sound by putting an empty glass, or even cupping your hand, over your ear<<
I don't have a conch shell at hand, but different size glasses produce noise at a different overall pitch - so I have to imagine that conch shells with their spiral innards and wonderful acoustic qualities that have caused bose to create speaker horns that emulate them etc would indeed not sound the same as a cupped hand or empty glass.
It's a minor thing. How about
->you can produce the same *effect* by putting an empty glass, or even cupping your hand, over your ear<-
Plus "empty glass" seems to beg for a footnote on account of the comical result of tipping a full glass to your ear - though perhaps it may be something aussies regularly do at parties after a few too many 
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U168592 Posted Jan 29, 2009
I'd forgotten about this due to concentrating on my other Stretcher Entry!
Thanks Gnomon, I've tidied it up again now, so I'm happy with it as it stands 
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U168592 Posted Jan 30, 2009
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minichessemouse - Ahoy there me barnacle! Posted Jan 30, 2009
good job
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Jan 30, 2009
Congrats.
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Elentari Posted Jan 30, 2009
Well done!
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