Snow angels

[The Saucepan Man]

Braniac

Custard

Sounds like this might be your kind of show, alatar.

[Lalwendë]

alatar - that has to be about one of the funniest things I've ever read about I might have to try this experiment myself as I have a large carton of Ambrosia Devon Custard and a Jamaica Ginger cake which davem has been wanting me to make into a pudding for some days; when I finally do make said pudding I shall have to get one of my Legolas action figures, pose him on the pudding and take some pictures...

Now when the experiment was carried out on Brainiac, they actually had a small swimming pool filled with custard, and that's no mere trifle.

To attempt this experiment on a small scale with plastic figurines might mean a change in the substance being used. I would suggest the head on a pint of Guinness as a suitable alternative for plastic figures.

Although, to test this in terms of how it would compare to snow, maybe a large container of soft ice cream would do the trick?

Originally Posted by SpM

Ah, a fascinating field of study. I hear that the University of East Anglia runs a very good course.

davemology BA (hons)
Required units of study in Semester 1:

- Questioning the Accepted Legendarium
- Knowledge of Faerie
- Canonicity. Does It Matter?
- Authorial Intention, A Reader's Approach?

[alatar]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

alatar - that has to be about one of the funniest things I've ever read about I might have to try this experiment myself as I have a large carton of Ambrosia Devon Custard and a Jamaica Ginger cake which davem has been wanting me to make into a pudding for some days; when I finally do make said pudding I shall have to get one of my Legolas action figures, pose him on the pudding and take some pictures...

Please do as ...uhhh...my experiment as described was more like those physics experiments - mostly mental, don't cha know - and so I would like to see if my speculation would hold up. Sorry, but couldn't resist, and spoofing a lab report is something learned long ago.

Now when the experiment was carried out on Brainiac, they actually had a small swimming pool filled with custard, and that's no mere trifle.

Flipped by that show a few times, but wasn't sure if it were serious or not. Not a big fan of 'Fear Factor' type shows, and so never sat down to actually watch it. Was hoping that there would be a "Mythbusters: Middle Earth" show in the works so that the stars, Alatar and Pallando, could examine such ME myths like Balrog wings and elven snow angels ("Hey Pallando, what do we have in store tonight?" "We're traveling all the way to the Helcaraxë to see IF elves CAN make snow angels. Plus, we're going to see how much sunlight it takes to tan an Olog-hai...")

To attempt this experiment on a small scale with plastic figurines might mean a change in the substance being used. I would suggest the head on a pint of Guinness as a suitable alternative for plastic figures.

That would be all I need. Would you like to hear me explaining to Ms. alatar just WHY I'm floating one of the children's toys on top of my beer?

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Excuse me, but there is a fifth point, one which I posited up above: that elven slippers are made from the same material as their cloaks and herein lies their gravity-defying capability.

You have in mind that Elves had the ability to create shoes with some kind of anti-gravitational field? I see no place in the Legendarium for such a concept.

[davem]

Originally Posted by Sauce

You have in mind that Elves had the ability to create shoes with some kind of anti-gravitational field? I see no place in the Legendarium for such a concept.

Ahem....Tolkien toyed with the idea of the Numenoreans having flying ships...

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by davem

Ahem....Tolkien toyed with the idea of the Numenoreans having flying ships...

Sure. But what does Tolkien know? He's only the author ...

In a more serious vein, I would imagine that, had Elves been able to produce such artefacts, they would have made fine additional gifts for the Fellowship in Lorien, to accompany the cloaks.

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

In a more serious vein, I would imagine that, had Elves been able to produce such artefacts, they would have made fine additional gifts for the Fellowship in Lorien, to accompany the cloaks.

Unless of course the slippers were the special purview of the Mirkwood elves, while the Lorien elves specialised in, shall we say, cloaking devices.

[alatar]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

You have in mind that Elves had the ability to create shoes with some kind of anti-gravitational field? I see no place in the Legendarium for such a concept.

One of the misconceptions regarding all things 'anti-gravity' is that the thing just floats. Air is still displaced, and that air pushes downward with some force. Not even geeked up enough to do the math, but it may be possible for Legolas to hover a bit with his anti-gravity slippers, but he still may leave a trail.

And I'm guessing that those same slippers would make shooting a bow just a joy.

A link to antigravity and a specific link to the Independence Day physics reference here.