Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread

[Bar Wench]

YES! Although I would prefer dead goat leg for the whacking if possible. 

[Grumpmeister]

You should have asked BM for one before he turfed it over the side of the cliff yesterday. 

[Nick]

Why does our hair keep growing, unlike, say, cats whose hair gets to the right length(i.e. one which suits them) and then stops?

[Snoopy]

It doesn't. Cats moult. Their "under fur" is growing all the time but at a certain length it falls out. Human hair, on the other hand, does not moult and replace itself. We go bald.

[Darwins Selection]

Human hair, on the other hand, does not moult and replace itself. We go bald.

Not everyone. . .

[Snoopy]

Everyone to a greater or lesser degree. I am fortunately one of the lesser degree types but it is thinning. 

[Nick]

Why do slugs do that when you put salt on them?

[Snoopy]

Because the salt draws the moisture out of the slug and like all living things the slugs need moisture to survive.

[Nick]

So why doesn't it work on people?

[Snoopy]

Feed a person enough salt and it will.


See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4297345.stm

And many other cases

Also
http://www.preciouslife.net/show-procedure.asp?Procedure=5

Those who do not have a strong stomach should not click this second link.

[Nick]

Useful to know 

Flying. WHy don't they anaesthetise people before flights? You could get more on a plane, no nasty food to eat, fewer cabin staff and no panic in the event of a crash

[Grumpmeister]

anaesthetisia is an exact science Nick you have to make sure that you dose the person enough to knock them out without doing them any permanent harm. Simply rolling a cannister of knock out gas may look good in the movies but it isnt accurate as the amount needed to knock out a lard arse could cause serious complications to someone who has been on the size zero diet.

[Nick]

But you agree the idea is sound in principle.

[Grumpmeister]

knock out plane loads of easyjet chavs? could have possibilities, especially if the flight crew bail out over the atlantic... 

[Nick]

Let's press on then.

Why don't humans have tails?