Boy: Whoa! It's blowing an 8 on the Pablo scale! Frazz: The Pablo Scale, Pablo? Boy: How many feet I can throw a ping pong ball into the wind. Frazz: As accurate as any anemometer! Boy: And easier to spell.
Brilliant! I’d like to point out that I am the inventor of the eitherormeter. You put a cup filled with water outside, and you find out if its freezing or not…Works very well…..
Um…. isn’t that kinda…. backward?Or am I missing something?
He’s says he’s throwing it into the wind….ie against the wind…
So…. I’d think the farther he can make it travel upwind…….. the less wind there is.“Wow” would be a wind that could whip the ball right out of his hand and blow it backwards.
Ping pong balls are like feathers…he could throw one eight feet, or even more, WITH the wind…
But I can’t imagine any wind worthy of a “wow” that a grade school kid can throw a ping pong ball INTO, overhanded, and make it go eight feet .
I’m not a golfer (used to play with my dad when I was much younger; bored the heck out of me) but I say if ballroom dancing can be an Olympic event, then golf can be a sport (along with bowling, which I do still occasionally enjoy).
Varnes over 11 years ago
Brilliant! I’d like to point out that I am the inventor of the eitherormeter. You put a cup filled with water outside, and you find out if its freezing or not…Works very well…..
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago
Um…. isn’t that kinda…. backward?Or am I missing something?
He’s says he’s throwing it into the wind….ie against the wind…
So…. I’d think the farther he can make it travel upwind…….. the less wind there is.“Wow” would be a wind that could whip the ball right out of his hand and blow it backwards.
Ping pong balls are like feathers…he could throw one eight feet, or even more, WITH the wind…
But I can’t imagine any wind worthy of a “wow” that a grade school kid can throw a ping pong ball INTO, overhanded, and make it go eight feet .
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago
Varnes….you forgot to put out a piece of string tied to a stick…you check THAT to see whether it’s windy.
luvcmx over 11 years ago
And there is the weather stick you use to determine if it is raining: if the stick is wet it’s raining; if it’s dry it’s not.
kingstonave over 11 years ago
And then there’s the famous blooper, when a weatherman said: “Let’s take a leak outside and see if it’s freezing!”
Strod over 11 years ago
Yeah, it’s a sub-par sport. (With the little carts that allow you to avoid exercising and everything.)
le-roy over 11 years ago
Easy for you to say. Well, sphfigmopnoterometer isn’t really easy for anyone to say. I agree – let’s go with Pablo-meter.
emjaycee over 11 years ago
I prefer the title of John Feinstein’s book: “A Good Walk Spoiled”.
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
I’m not a golfer (used to play with my dad when I was much younger; bored the heck out of me) but I say if ballroom dancing can be an Olympic event, then golf can be a sport (along with bowling, which I do still occasionally enjoy).