# Stupidity or ignorance? You decide! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 29, 2003, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450 "2003-09-29T10:50:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/41 "2003-09-30T10:42:23Z")
“pushes the wing up” :smack: PIMF, PIMF, PIMF… ---
**Author:** ![Barks\_dog\_food](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Barks\_dog\_food](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barks_dog_food)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/42 "2003-09-30T10:47:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chefguy \* > \*\*How do military drones fly? Do they put a plastic Jesus on the dashboard? \*\* Drones are small and light, they can fly without belief. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/43 "2003-09-30T12:14:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Malacandra \* > \*\*Besides, isn’t “The wing pushes air down when it’s moving, so that pushes the air up. Newton’s Third Law - every action has an equal and opposite reaction” a simpler explanation? 🙂 \*\* Many moons ago, when I first learnt the secrets of flight, the first explanation I learnt was the Bernoulli Principle, so that’s what springs to mind. Furthermore, [Cecil himself](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_017b.html) describes airfoils as “the heart and soul of … virtually all aircraft”. Ready to get off my case yet? ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/44 "2003-09-30T12:28:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barks’ dog food \* > \*\*Drones are small and light, they can fly without belief. \*\* Witches float in water. Wouldn’t it make sense that evil military vehicles would float in air? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/45 "2003-09-30T12:41:29Z")
**Priceguy** , sorry. Have your case back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/46 "2003-09-30T14:02:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Malacandra \* > \*\ ***Priceguy** , sorry. Have your case back. 🙂 \*\* Clean it first. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/47 "2003-09-30T14:28:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > \*\*Witches float in water. Wouldn’t it make sense that evil military vehicles would float in air? 😃 \*\* So… If she weighs the same as a duck… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/48 "2003-09-30T14:48:45Z")
Oops. **Priceguy** , I was giving it a good clean, y’know, with a steam cleaner and all… only the Bernouilli Effect done sucked it right off and I ain’t seen it since… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/49 "2003-09-30T15:03:02Z")
But then how was Tinkerbell saved? ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/50 "2003-09-30T15:13:18Z")
Tinkerbell was saved? Last I saw of her, she was roasting with all the other heretics. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/51 "2003-10-01T17:57:24Z")
[Jessica Simpson IQ Quiz](http://www.freep.com/entertainment/tvandradio/jess30_20030930.htm) > [@](#): > > Below are some classic Jessica moments from this season, plus a few we made up. Can you identify the real ones? More important, could Jessica? > > 1. True or false: She refused to try a buffalo wing, explaining, “I don’t eat buffalo.” > > 2. True or false: She took her Louis Vuitton handbag on a camping trip. > > 3. True or false: She thought the plural of mouse was “mouses.” > > 4. True or false: She assumed you can listen to AM radio only in the morning. > > 5. True or false: She mistook a plastic bag on the beach for a jellyfish. > > 6. True or false: She had trouble figuring out how to use a garage door opener. > > 7. True or false: She didn’t know how many beers were in a 12-pack. > > 8. True or false: She asked if she was eating chicken or fish while consuming Chicken of the Sea. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8 are true; 4 and 7 are false. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450/52 "2003-10-01T18:47:00Z")
Feh. When I was in college I had a girl come up to me at a party, point to my VCR, and tell me I had “a ton of messages.” I’ll never forget that one as long as I live. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidity-or-ignorance-you-decide/204450.md?page=2)