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  • ALYKZANDYR
    E30 Fanatic
    • Sep 2009
    • 1336

    #1

    Dumb question thread

    Ok, my dad asked my a really dumb question yesterday. His truck is broke so I have to drive him around for a few days. So yesterday when going to get into my E30, he asked my this, "does it have seat belts"? i thought to myself, you cant be serious, cars have had seatbelts sence the 60's in the US, so why would an '87 not have them. i laughed, as it was kinda funny that he would ask such a question.

    So the purpose of the thread: what are some of the dumbest questions you have been asked? Or dumb ones you have asked other people?
  • Beastolizer
    E30 Mastermind
    • Nov 2008
    • 1517

    #2
    Originally posted by ALYKZANDYR
    Ok, my dad asked my a really dumb question yesterday. His truck is broke so I have to drive him around for a few days. So yesterday when going to get into my E30, he asked my this, "does it have seat belts"? i thought to myself, you cant be serious, cars have had seatbelts sence the 60's in the US, so why would an '87 not have them. i laughed, as it was kinda funny that he would ask such a question.

    So the purpose of the thread: what are some of the dumbest questions you have been asked? Or dumb ones you have asked other people?
    One of my extremely dumb blonde friends asked me "If you were strong enough, could you like pull yourself up off the ground? Like, make yourself float you know?"

    I cried from laughter.
    '91 Brilliantrot 318iS - Sold
    '95 e34 s50 Touring - P/O
    '87 Alpine White 325iS - Current

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    • TexasE30
      Wrencher
      • Jan 2009
      • 298

      #3
      Im deaf, so I have to use pen/paper to communicate with hearing people. One person actually wrote," Can you read?" to me

      Thats most stupid question.

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      • StereoInstaller1
        GAS
        • Jul 2004
        • 22679

        #4

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        • moatilliatta
          R3V OG
          • Feb 2005
          • 6121

          #5
          LOLS!


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          • Victell
            E30 Enthusiast
            • Feb 2004
            • 1081

            #6
            Will an airplane on a treadmill still take off?

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            • ALYKZANDYR
              E30 Fanatic
              • Sep 2009
              • 1336

              #7
              No, because the airplane isnt actually traveling at take off speed, it is going 0MPH, So it will not take off.

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              • lennon
                E30 Fanatic
                • Jun 2008
                • 1416

                #8
                i dunno about dumb questions but OP sure has made a lotta dumbest statements in the healthcare thread and other political ones.

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                • ck_taft325is
                  R3V OG
                  • Sep 2007
                  • 6880

                  #9
                  "Dude, I know how to drive an e30, alright? Now where's the fucking reverse?"
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                  • Fidhle007
                    I can fly, motherfucker
                    • Oct 2005
                    • 7209

                    #10



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                    • JamesE30
                      R3VLimited
                      • Feb 2007
                      • 2092

                      #11
                      I nominate myself ftw. You have to know when to laugh at yourself:

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                      • theox69
                        E30 Mastermind
                        • May 2008
                        • 1732

                        #12
                        Originally posted by ALYKZANDYR
                        No, because the airplane isnt actually traveling at take off speed, it is going 0MPH, So it will not take off.
                        Yes, it will.

                        Since the wheels are the ones driving the plane. It's whatever else is propelling it forward(obviously dependent on the type of plane).

                        Mythbusters did this ;)

                        Originally posted by Janderson
                        you can have the keys to my hunk of 20+ year old West German steel when you pry them from my cold dead fingers.

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                        • Massive Lee
                          R3V OG
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 6785

                          #13
                          Originally posted by theox69
                          Yes, it will.

                          Since the wheels are not the ones driving the plane. It's whatever else is propelling it forward(obviously dependent on the type of plane).

                          Mythbusters did this ;)
                          Corrected. :pimp:

                          Originally posted by lennon
                          i dunno about dumb questions but OP sure has made a lotta dumbest statements in the healthcare thread and other political ones.
                          True. Oh so true.
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                          • mattdk318i
                            No R3VLimiter
                            • Jun 2006
                            • 3953

                            #14

                            More and more idiots are attempting DOHC swaps.....Its scary really.
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                            • ALYKZANDYR
                              E30 Fanatic
                              • Sep 2009
                              • 1336

                              #15
                              Originally posted by theox69
                              Yes, it will.

                              Since the wheels are the ones driving the plane. It's whatever else is propelling it forward(obviously dependent on the type of plane).

                              Mythbusters did this ;)

                              First of all the wheels on an air plane are not powered. For a plane to take off, air must be flowing around the wings, (generates lift) And for this to happen, the the entire air plane,( fuselage, wings, all of it, traveling as a whole) must be traveling at its take off speed,( powered by engine(s)) which varies between different planes. If you were to place a plane on a treadmill, the wheels may be spinning at take off speed, but the sence the fuselage/wings are not moving, there isnt sufficient airflow flowing around the wings, so no lift is generated. So, a plane placed on a stationary treadmill, will not take off...ever
                              Last edited by ALYKZANDYR; 12-28-2009, 09:20 AM.

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