Computers in Public Xport

From: Dave Woodman <dave_at_naffnet.org.uk>
Date: Thu Jun 20 12:16:31 2002

Ethan Dicks wrote:

> --- Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Lawrence Walker wrote:
> >
> > > He also regularly got sand kicked in his face...
> >
> > I always did want to learn how to rip a phone book in half with my bare
> > hands but never got around to ordering.
>
> It's a physics trick - you hold the phone book just right, spine down,
> and slide the cover facing you down just a little, and you are only
> tearing a few pages at a time.
>
> With a little practice, it looks convincing.
>
> -ethan
>

And even easier if you thoroughly dry out the phone book in the oven first
(an electric oven is best - no water vapour by-products of combustion).

Just a little further trickery to add to the problem,

        Dave.
Received on Thu Jun 20 2002 - 12:16:31 BST