Thread: freaky people

I'm a straight laced, button down, tasseled loafer wearing, white collar, trapshooting mortgage holder, with two daughters and a wife that run my life. I vote, I pray, and I tithe. I drive the speed limit, have not had a moving violation since I was 16 years old, and my car is paid off. I have no credit card debt, and I have a burgeoning retirement account.

In this world, all of this make me a FREAK!

Matt

Originally Posted by Berticus

It's simple physics... Quite elementary my dear metalhead. It's a classic example of pressure - force per unit area. The brick is there to aid Doc because it actually absorbs the blow from the sledge hammer. It would be much more interesting if either the nails were a lot more spread out or the brick was removed.

Another classical pressure demo is the elephant vs. woman wearing high heels (who weighs 100 lbs). As it would turn out, getting stepped on by a woman with high heels exerts more pressure (~1500 psi) than an elephant (~75 psi). So I suppose if someone asks if you want to be stepped on by an elephant or a woman wearing high heels, you should choose the elephant.

Questionable math.

The elephant still weighs 15,000lbs. And that is all coming down on you, spread out over the area of the elephant's foot or not, it's still 15,000lbs.

And if you're into getting steeped on by high heels, then I guess that's what the thread is about!

yeah its alway easy till someone loses a testicle!!!

Originally Posted by mhailey

I'm a straight laced, button down, tasseled loafer wearing, white collar, trapshooting mortgage holder, with two daughters and a wife that run my life. I vote, I pray, and I tithe. I drive the speed limit, have not had a moving violation since I was 16 years old, and my car is paid off. I have no credit card debt, and I have a burgeoning retirement account.

In this world, all of this make me a FREAK!

Matt

Tassled loafers!!!



Piercings, tatoos, beds of nails have nothing on you, my friend!

Originally Posted by Doc

If laying on a bed of nails while a cinder block is busted on your chest, eating fire or running a needle through your forearm makes you a freak then the line starts here!!!!!!!!!!

Wow Doc I know the physicis and everything behind it but I still like it nice photo

And I would rather have the woman stand on me any day of the week

Originally Posted by Berticus

It's simple physics... Quite elementary my dear metalhead. It's a classic example of pressure - force per unit area. The brick is there to aid Doc because it actually absorbs the blow from the sledge hammer. It would be much more interesting if either the nails were a lot more spread out or the brick was removed.

Another classical pressure demo is the elephant vs. woman wearing high heels (who weighs 100 lbs). As it would turn out, getting stepped on by a woman with high heels exerts more pressure (~1500 psi) than an elephant (~75 psi). So I suppose if someone asks if you want to be stepped on by an elephant or a woman wearing high heels, you should choose the elephant.

I'd be thinking a lot less about the pressure than the weight. I've survived lots of bites (not by women in high heels though, ALWAYS take the heels off first, and by the way spreading the nails out can make things more interesting) which generated thousands of pounds of pressure, but I wouldn't fare nearly as well under the foot of an elephant. In fact, the elephant could spread its weight out by laying on top of me and I don't think that would help at all.

Originally Posted by Cyclophile

I'm a shaven-headed fellow with a goatee.. wait... we're a dime a dozen! ...Actually, I am a conservative and a libertarian in California.

And that's rare in these here parts.

Though my musical tastes are strongly influenced by my boomer parents.

I am conservative Libertarian in Massachusetts...I did not think our species thrived in MA or CA!

Originally Posted by Seraphim

Tassled loafers!!!



Piercings, tattoos, beds of nails have nothing on you, my friend!

YOU KNOW IT!!!

I'm a rebel with a cause

To the tune of Willie Nelson's "Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys"

Mama don't let your babies grow up to wear tasseled loafers
Don't let 'em own houses and drive them cars safe
Make 'em get tattoos and piercings and such

Matt

Facing this:





Is my idea of fun!!!!

There's me on the right






and again

Let's take the largest recorded elephant coming in at 26,400 lbs. You divide by 2 because when elephants walk, they walk on two feet, this is 13,200. Average elephant foot is 246.49--388.09 square inch. We'll use 246.49 just for kicks. Take 13,200/246.49, you get about 54 pounds per square inch. So think of 55 lb weights that have a base of 1 square inch in that little area, it's really something your body would be able to tolerate. I mean essentially the reason why you can lie on a bed of nails and not get punctured is because all those little points don't have enough force to puncture the skin. Versus you have one nail, try lying on top of that with the pointed end going in. It will go in.

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