State the obvious

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Glass is both solid and transparent.

― hmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Sometimes water falls from the sky in little drops.

― hmmmmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I can use the internet and so can you.

― Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

water keeps us hydrated.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)

You can't get to London by climbing up the signpost.

― Phoebe Dinsmore, Friday, 16 January 2004 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)

'the obvious'

― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Absence keeps the doctor away.

― Phoebe Dinsmore, Friday, 16 January 2004 11:45 (twenty-two years ago)

denver was the last dinosaur

― Slump Man (Slump Man), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I like things.

― hmmmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Lost In Translation isn't actually that great a film.

― Phoebe Dinsmore, Friday, 16 January 2004 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)

You can read this.

― hmmmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I before e, except after c.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:52 (twenty-two years ago)

George Bush is a performance artist.

― @lex K (Alex K), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Performance artists are trained monkeys.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Sky=blue
Grass=green

― robster (robster), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Pain hurts, death kills and water moistens.

― Poppy (poppy), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Blank CDRs are useful.
Sleep is healthy.
Art is creative.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)

fire burns wood, wood floats on water, water puts out fire

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Pens come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Screwy Squirrel is a bit screwy.

― pete s, Friday, 16 January 2004 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Rocky is a squirrel and Bullwinkle is a moose.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Penis come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Paper beats rock.

― hmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Lobster sticks to magnet.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I believe I can fly.

― Michael Bolton, Friday, 16 January 2004 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I believe I can touch the sky.

― Michael Bolton, Friday, 16 January 2004 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

"Magnet" can be used to refer to a device for attracting bits of iron AND a place to buy your furniture.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Michael Bolton's surname is the name of a Premiership football club, whereas R Kelly's isn't.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I think about every night and day.

― Michael Bolton, Friday, 16 January 2004 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I am on the internet.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

There ain't no party like a chess club party.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The Magnet was a popular pre-war boys' comic in which were published the adventures of Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School.

― Phoebe Dinsmore, Friday, 16 January 2004 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Billy is both a boy's name and a male goat.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Batman is not a bat.

That would be MANBAT.

See?

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Superman is not made of soup. That would be SOUPERMAN.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:11 (twenty-two years ago)

You will die.

― hmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:12 (twenty-two years ago)

You will decompose.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Empiricism leads to subjective idealism.

― Bishop Berkeley, Friday, 16 January 2004 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

if a word ends in "ism" you know it is not a type of fruit.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm pink therefore I'm spam.

― Spam, Friday, 16 January 2004 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

If lions could talk, we wouldn't understand what they were saying.

― Ludwig, Friday, 16 January 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Waking up early does wonders for mind, body, and SOUL.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Although King of the Jungle, a lion does not wear a crown.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Nothing is obvious, unless it's tautological.

― Ludwig, Friday, 16 January 2004 12:20 (twenty-two years ago)

There are no lions in Sauce Lionnaise...

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:22 (twenty-two years ago)

the women all were beautiful, and the men stood straight and tall.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Sauce is denser than lemonade.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:24 (twenty-two years ago)

If Peter is taller than Paul and Paul is bigger than Phil then Peter is taller than Phil.

― hmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:25 (twenty-two years ago)

lemonade was a popular drink, and it still is.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

glass is actually a liquid and not always transparent.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Hospital radio DJs are not as famous as Chris Moyles.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

RJG rains on parades/bursts bubbles.

I also hear he kicks cats.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

kicking cats is more likely to get you into trouble than stamping on woodlice.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I would say that the fact that glass is a liquid, while being true, is not obvious.

I would also say that the fact that glass is not always transparent, while being true, is obvious.

― hmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:31 (twenty-two years ago)

when Gary Numan sang We Are Glass, no-one took him literally.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:32 (twenty-two years ago)

A thread entitled 'state the obvious' is fun and easy to post to, but not very interesting to read.

― Killjoy, Friday, 16 January 2004 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

A thread entitled 'state the obvious' is fun and easy to post to, and also full of good potential song titles. (especially for math rock bands.)

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I know what this sentence means.

― hmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Books have pages in them.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:42 (twenty-two years ago)

glass is not actually a liquid.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Cretans never tell the truth.

― Cretan, Friday, 16 January 2004 12:44 (twenty-two years ago)

glass is an amorphous solid, right?

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Ian Johnson has asked a question

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

glass is actually a liquid, again.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:46 (twenty-two years ago)

i am asking the question 'isn't glass between states of matter, specifically, liquid and solid, a constant state of flux?'

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I can use google.

Glass is a solid. Specifically it is a viscoelastic solid. It does not flow over time unless a critical (and usually sizeable) force is impinged on it. Two reasons why glass got the false label of being a liquid is because it has no crystalline structure and because of observations of old glass window panes. Actually, glasses have a crystalline diffraction pattern, it is merely very diffuse compared to a crystalline solid. Even if it's atoms were completely randomly oriented, it would still be considered a solid. [In that case it would be called an "amorphous" solid. Correct reference to a glass would be to call it "vitreous".] In old buildings, glass panes are found to be thicker at the bottom than at the top. Further, they tend to have vertical striations on their faces. However, this is a classic case of misinterpretation of observations. The reason why glass is thicker at the bottom in old buildings is not because it flowed over the years. The manner in which glass used to be made was imprecise. There would tend to be a thicker end to a piece. This would correspond to the region of the cut pane that was located closest to the center of a cast glass sheet. Builders installing glass windows knew this. They would gauge the pane and orient the thicker end in its most stable position (at the bottom). The reason why there are vertical striations on glass is that rain water running down the side of a building would become slightly alkaline through reaction with the brick. The vertical flow of the rain water would produce a gradual vertical etch on the glass. This would appear only on the outer face of the glass pane. In those cases where one sees glass structures sagging (e. g., telescope mirrors) they are nonetheless solid onjects exhibiting simple stress relaxation and compressive deformation from their own weigh. -Jim Intrater Ceramic Engineer.

Cheers Jim.

― hmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Jim Intrater is smart.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Perhaps Jim Intrater can use google too.

I am also sorry I mentioned glass in the first place.

― hmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:51 (twenty-two years ago)

the thread title "It's 3/4/5 AM in the USA." is more frequently false than true.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:54 (twenty-two years ago)

The sun is always rising somewhere.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:55 (twenty-two years ago)

a clock with an opaque glass face is less useful than one with a transparent glass face.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 12:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I will never look at glass in the same way again.

― hmmmm (neil simpson), Friday, 16 January 2004 13:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I will never look at a clock with an opaque glass face.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 13:14 (twenty-two years ago)

although it has a face, a clock lacks both thighs and a pancreas.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Arsenal are a bunch of c

― omg, Friday, 16 January 2004 13:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Paul is not dead, but John and George are.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)

After food digestion comes poo.

― omg, Friday, 16 January 2004 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

'when Gary Numan sang We Are Glass, no-one took him literally.'

Objection: It has never been particularly obvious to me that Gary Numan was capable of singing.

― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Friday, 16 January 2004 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Gary Numan is not as large as Gary, Indiana.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 16 January 2004 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Indiana is not as large as India.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 16 January 2004 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

It is sooooo cold out today.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 16 January 2004 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I like my vespa.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 16 January 2004 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Every idiot I work with to the thread!

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Friday, 16 January 2004 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

This is not a love song.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 16 January 2004 18:00 (twenty-two years ago)

(On "State the not-so-obvious": I like John Lydon/Public Image Ltd.)

I like Duran Duran.

― As Sweet As Melody (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 17 January 2004 04:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I hate sideburns.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 17 January 2004 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I hate Pete Burns.

― tweemu (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 17 January 2004 05:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Bigot.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 17 January 2004 05:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Raggett.

― tweemu (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 17 January 2004 05:25 (twenty-two years ago)

This is true.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 17 January 2004 05:28 (twenty-two years ago)

A clock, existing in the form of a watch placed on the wrist of a full-size anatomical model, has thighs and a pancreas.

― Poppy (poppy), Saturday, 17 January 2004 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm want sex with a human female.

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 17 January 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

My cat's breath smells like ... oh never mind.

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Saturday, 17 January 2004 23:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I have the big boobies

― Anna Nicole Smith, Saturday, 17 January 2004 23:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Food goes in here

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 18 January 2004 00:33 (twenty-two years ago)

true, but usually it goes in here

― omg, Sunday, 18 January 2004 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

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