This Month's question....
David Ljung
>O.K. all you stupit people, here is this month's entrance questions:
>
> Oh, BTW (<-- means by the way) for those of you who are new members of
>our little family here, this is the entrance exam for being able to post
>to alt.stupidity. In order to join our little group of stewpidites, you
>must answer the following question INCORRECTILEE and PUBILICALLY. Last
>month's question was concerning a monkey and a frictionless pulley, this
>month's question is :
>
> Why do mirrors only reverse left and right, but not up and down?
>
>Greg
Well, because the monkey is sliding up and down the frictionless pulley,
not left and right.
Right?
Wait, I'm not a new poster. I've been real stooopid for a long time!
Dave
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Alex Feygin is dead
> Why do mirrors only reverse left and right, but not up and down?
Because thats the way I made them.
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/// Archie
> Why do mirrors only reverse left and right, but not up and down?
They do. You're just too dense to seeyit.
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Denis Goddard
A) the duration of time the viewer has NOT been sleeping
B) the bulkk quantity of caffeine imbibed by the viwer
C) the lack of any intelligence whatsoever
(this is not abnegative drivel--I HAVE WITNESSES!!!
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I READ 'alt.stupidity'!!!!!!)
Mirrors reverse left/right at the same time as they reverse up/down, but inversely
proportional to the above factors A,B,C.
Postulate that this has to do with the fundamental asymmetries of our alphabet.
thank you.
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Alan Taylor
>O.K. all you stupit people, here is this month's entrance questions:
> Oh, BTW (<-- means by the way) for those of you who are new members of
>our little family here, this is the entrance exam for being able to post
>to alt.stupidity. In order to join our little group of stewpidites, you
>must answer the following question INCORRECTILEE and PUBILICALLY. Last
>month's question was concerning a monkey and a frictionless pulley, this
>month's question is :
Huh? I wasn't listening. Could you repeat the question?
Mark K. Mammel
This is not an entrance exam for me since I've already posted without taking
it. Ha. Besides my account is going to be TERMINATED because I have no
computer class next semester. Isn't that STUPID? So this is really an
EXIT exam.
The answer is: Since your eyes are arranged side by side the images
criss cross through the mirror sideways but not up and down.
No, no that's not it...its because the nerves in your brain switch
sides only for left and right things. No, actually its because
your eyes see things upsidedown and your brain corrects for this
but when you see it backwards in the mirror it doesn't correct that.
No, actually its something else entirely different... its that the
brain of the light rays reorients itself only up and down but gets
lost in left and right
...rehtie ti ton s'taht oN
Paul C Stacy
>O.K. all you stupit people, here is this month's entrance questions:
> Oh, BTW (<-- means by the way) for those of you who are new members of
>our little family here, this is the entrance exam for being able to post
>to alt.stupidity. In order to join our little group of stewpidites, you
>must answer the following question INCORRECTILEE and PUBILICALLY. Last
>month's question was concerning a monkey and a frictionless pulley, this
>month's question is :
I believe I might know the answer to this question. I believe Walter Kronkite
put it best when he said simply,
"That's the way it is."
(At least I recall him saying that)
Joe Friday
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Liam G Curry
>O.K. all you stupit people, here is this month's entrance questions:
>
> Oh, BTW (<-- means by the way) for those of you who are new members of
>our little family here, this is the entrance exam for being able to post
>to alt.stupidity. In order to join our little group of stewpidites, you
>must answer the following question INCORRECTILEE and PUBILICALLY. Last
>month's question was concerning a monkey and a frictionless pulley, this
>month's question is :
>
> Why do mirrors only reverse left and right, but not up and down?
>
That question is too easy, and pretty stuupit. You see the man that created
the mirror is left handed, and since he lived in a time were odd people
were looked down upon(most of the people were right handed) he created
something that made him look like he was right handed.
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MEGAZONE 23
> Why do mirrors only reverse left and right, but not up and down?
Forty-Two!!
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Ben Feen
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> Why do mirrors only reverse left and right, but not up and down?
BECAUSE THEN THE WORDS WOULD BE WRONG WHEN YOU HOLD UP THE ALBUM "DONE WITH
MIRRORS" TO READ THE SONGS LIST (REAL ALBUM, BY AEROSMITH)
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Gregory Alan Bolcer
Oh, BTW (<-- means by the way) for those of you who are new members of
our little family here, this is the entrance exam for being able to post
to alt.stupidity. In order to join our little group of stewpidites, you
must answer the following question INCORRECTILEE and PUBILICALLY. Last
month's question was concerning a monkey and a frictionless pulley, this
month's question is :
Why do mirrors only reverse left and right, but not up and down?
Greg
fsj...@acad3.alaska.edu
(Gregory Alan Bolcer) writes:
> Why do mirrors only reverse left and right, but not up and down?
>
> Greg
Cheez... you must have to be really stupid, to, like, join this
little family...
The reason why mirrors only reverse left and right, and not up and
down, is because someone hung your mirror up, upside down....
Sheesh... MY mirror reverses up and down...
How ELSE are you gonna clip those embarassing nostril hairs?
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Richard T Ciesla
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> Why do mirrors only reverse left and right, but not up and down?
>
Gregory Alan Bolcer
> In article <901213173...@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU> gbo...@liege.ICS.UCI.EDU (Gregory Alan Bolcer) writes:
> > Why do mirrors only reverse left and right, but not up and down?
>
> Forty-Two!!
>
Greg
Charles R Wright
I don't believe the premise of the question. How come ambulances don't
read backwards in your car mirror, then? Huh?
No name,
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Brent Chivers
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Clearly a TRICK QUESTION. Mirrors DON'T reverse left and right.
(The left is still on the left, and the right is still on the right.)
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Any resemblance between the above views and those of my
employer, my terminal, or the view out my window are purely
coincidental. Any resemblance between the above and my own
views is non-deterministic. The question of the existence
of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an
exercise for the reader. The question of the existence of
the reader is left as an exercise for the second god coefficient.
(A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is
beyond the scope of this rebuttal. :-)
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From: gbo...@liege.ICS.UCI.EDU (Gregory Alan Bolcer)
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Greg
What we commonly refer to as a mirror is in actuallity a quantum
phase reversal generator. It really reverses all three
dimensions: (top, bottom), (left, right), and (front, back), but
the Top and Bottom quarks assert their phase superiority and
negate the effect of the quantum phase reversal. It is then
casual to the most obvious of observers that the (left, right)
dimensions are reversed. The details are left as an exercise to
the reader.
Jim
Chris Bovitz
Well, Greg, it's simple. Because it would break the law of gravity!!!
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Cuz when you look down you see your feet.
Cuz when you look ahead you see your head.
Cuz when you look left you see right.
Cuz when you look right you see left.
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> read backwards in your car mirror, then? Huh?
Ahhhh - but they might read upside down though. Especially if your car mirror
is hung upside down e.g. because you rolled your car, you are now hanging
upside down in it, and the ambulance is there to help you...
(Johnny's run out of siggies)
Mark Bonder
>O.K. all you stupit people, here is this month's entrance questions:
>
>
>Greg
So that when women look at themselves trying on a new dress in a department
store, the things don't go flying over their heads! (Now wait a minnit.. )
M . B .
Vera M
fsj...@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
|> In article <901213173...@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU>, gbo...@liege.ICS.UCI.EDU
|> (Gregory Alan Bolcer) writes:
|> > Why do mirrors only reverse left and right, but not up and down?
|> >
|> > Greg
|>
|> Cheez... you must have to be really stupid, to, like, join this
|> little family...
|> The reason why mirrors only reverse left and right, and not up and
|> down, is because someone hung your mirror up, upside down....
|> Sheesh... MY mirror reverses up and down...
|> How ELSE are you gonna clip those embarassing nostril hairs?
|>
|> TTFNYTTTUHJJJ!
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If you hold your head to one side and scratch yourself,
then it appears differently and you can pick your nose
in discomfort- should this then be cross posted, with some modifications
to alt.evil or something.
Nolan
Ah, a scientifical qwery!!! After reflecting on this week's
poser I say that it's because the prismoids in
the mirror are only left-right handed and not up-down handed!
(prismoids - those ittybitty fellas that do the reflecting behind
the glass)
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Anders G|ransson
+++++++++++++++++++++++Why do mirrors only reverse left and
right, but not up and down?
Well, well that's only if you stand in front of the mirror.
Once you get looking at the mirror from behind it reverses even the
video.
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Anders G|ransson
ag> +++++++++++++++++++++++Why do mirrors only reverse left and
ag> right, but not up and down?
ag> Well, well that's only if you stand in front of the mirror.
ag> Once you get looking at the mirror from behind it reverses even the
ag> video.
ag> --
ag> name(!): Anders G|ransson, (Not a very serious character).
Please don't tell anyone about the above post.
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Nicholas J. Simicich;?
>>>>>> In article <1990Dec30.2...@sics.se>, a...@sics.se (Anders G|ransson) writes:
>
>ag> +++++++++++++++++++++++Why do mirrors only reverse left and
>ag> right, but not up and down?
>ag> Once you get looking at the mirror from behind it reverses even the
>ag> video.
Could you state that as a question please?
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Anders G|ransson
njs> In article <1990Dec30.2...@sics.se> a...@sics.se (Anders G|ransson) writes:
>>>>>> In article <1990Dec30.2...@sics.se>, a...@sics.se (Anders G|ransson) writes:
>
>ag> +++++++++++++++++++++++Why do mirrors only reverse left and
>ag> right, but not up and down?
>ag> Once you get looking at the mirror from behind it reverses even the
>ag> video.
njs> Could you state that as a question please?
Voila!
Once you get looking at the mirror from behind it reverses even the
video?
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Chuck Monahan
Left and right are not reversed (sort of)... the left side of the
reflection is still on your left side, and the right is on your right.
The problem that the axis of depth is reversed (so approach your friend
face to face and ask them if their left and right is the same as yours.)
To reverse up and down, put a mirror over your bed.... nothing
must interfere with scientific research!
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Steve Weinrich
> +++++++++++++++++++++++Why do mirrors only reverse left and
> right, but not up and down?
>> Well, well that's only if you stand in front of the mirror.
>> Once you get looking at the mirror from behind it reverses even the
>> video.
Mirrors are actualy complex liquid crystal display systems. They
have a device which allows them to figure out which end is where, and
adjusts the image accordingly. This can easily be proven if you take a
small mirror, hold it upriht, and look into it. You'll see that it has
reversed left and right, but not up and down. Well, what happens if
you turn it such that the left/right switching portion of the mirror
is pointing towards the up/down portion of the image? It SHOULD switch
up and down, and not left and right anymore, right?
Well, it doesn't, as you rotate the complex video system, it simply
adjusts, and modifys the images as needed, such that it is constantly
reversing left and right. What science won't think of next!
-Steve (Styooopid) Weinrich
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Gregory Alan Bolcer
> Left and right are not reversed (sort of)... the left side of the
> reflection is still on your left side, and the right is on your right.
> The problem that the axis of depth is reversed (so approach your friend
> face to face and ask them if their left and right is the same as yours.)
> To reverse up and down, put a mirror over your bed.... nothing
> must interfere with scientific research!
> --
>
mirror, and you'll see that it only reflects left and right and not up
and down. Phhhhhhht! <------ pretty cannonical.
Greg