One for you Mark...
Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-38334437
Beautiful sight!
| x404.co.uk http://x404.co.uk/forum/ |
|
| Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan http://x404.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=25968 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | steve74 [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan |
One for you Mark... Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-38334437 Beautiful sight!
|
|
| Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:34 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan | ||||||||||||||||||
I understand this bit:
but not this bit:
Anyone care to explain how sending a pie into space makes it quicker to eat? And why would you want to speed up the eating of something that is pleasurable? |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Author: | jonbwfc [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 8:24 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan | |||||||||
You've never been to Wigan, have you? They have a world speed pie-eating championships. They were mortified when someone not from Wigan won it. Even then, the winner was from a town about 10 miles away... |
||||||||||
| Author: | davrosG5 [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 9:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan |
I imagine they'll basically be getting back a freeze dried pie. If anything I'd expect that to make it harder to eat, not quicker as the missing moisture will have to come from somewhere - depending on how long it's up there it could end up like eating dust. I'm not sure they've got the bit about it reaching massive temperatures on re-entry right either. It'll probably heat up a bit but it's not going to be like a space capsule's re-entry - it won't get anywhere near high enough and I doubt terminal velocity for a pie is going to be quite as dramatic either. For some reason I'm also now picturing some sort of Reeves and Mortimer sketch where someone in the street gets taken out by a speeding sub-orbital pies re-entry.
|
|
| Author: | jonbwfc [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:07 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan | |||||||||
It's basically the first step towards Lancashire developing an Orbital Battle Weapon capability. |
||||||||||
| Author: | davrosG5 [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:44 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan | ||||||||||||||||||
Hmm, I don't think a meat pie is quite the same as a Rod from God. On the plus side - gravy! |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Author: | MrStevenRogers [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan |
what a waste of a good pie they never taste the same when nuked ... |
|
| Author: | hifidelity2 [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 12:08 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan | ||||||||||||||||||
They could up date the Goodies with orbital black pudding |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Author: | davrosG5 [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 12:20 pm ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecky Thump man! Are you mad? You could probably achieve a higher velocity with a good straight bit of black pudding than a pie - less aerodynamic resistance on re-entry if it was fired at the right angle. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Author: | jonbwfc [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 1:57 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan | ||||||||||||||||||
There is no such thing as a 'good straight bit of black pudding.' Proper black pudding is horseshoe shaped.
Splash damage
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Author: | davrosG5 [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:09 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan | ||||||||||||||||||
Well, it would be appropriate then for a weapon of mass destruction to be an abomination. Weapons grade black pudding has a certain ring to it somehow. |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Author: | hifidelity2 [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:22 pm ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
And some come in a ring – so it could be classed as a flying saucer |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Author: | timark_uk [ Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:24 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan | |||||||||
 This thread just won December - and it's only 50% done. Mark |
||||||||||
| Author: | l3v1ck [ Sun Dec 18, 2016 8:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan |
If you're going to use a pie, that's the pie to use. Best pie ever! |
|
| Author: | Burn_IT [ Sun Dec 18, 2016 3:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan |
Surely Stargazy Pie is he one to use. Even fits: "So long! and thanks for all the fish!" |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group https://www.phpbb.com/ |
|
