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Re: One Fool Proof Method To Prevent Being On a Plane With A Bomber!

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vitw

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Dec 29, 2009, 2:55:11 PM12/29/09
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:33:51 +1300, Br. Scooter wrote:

> Carry your own bomb!
> Think about it.
> What are the odds of there being two totally unrelated people secretly
> carrying bombs on an aeroplane?
> Billions or more to one.
> Problem solved.

That's similar reasoning to what gamblers use - "I've lost the last 8
races, so I'd better put a big bet on, because I'm certain to win this
one"

Fred

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Dec 29, 2009, 9:51:29 PM12/29/09
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"vitw" <nos...@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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No it's not. It's quite different logic; albeit a bit flawed. There would
still only be one bomber with the sole motive of blowing the show up. The
second one's motive would be to play havoc with statistics.


Robin Halligan

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Dec 30, 2009, 5:05:42 AM12/30/09
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Sounds like the login of Privet Baldrick in Blackadder goes forth


[The dugout. Blackadder is sitting in a chair reading a book. A record is
playing softly. Scratching noises are heard.]

Blackadder: Baldrick, what are you doing out there?

Baldrick: I'm carving something on this bullet sir.

Blackadder: What are you carving?

Baldrick: I'm carving "Baldrick", sir.

Blackadder: Why?

Baldrick: It's a cunning plan actually.

Blackadder: Of course it is.

Baldrick: You see, you know they say that somewhere there's a bullet
with your name on it?

Blackadder: Yes?

Baldrick: Well, I thought if I owned the bullet with my name on it,
I'd never get hit by it, 'cos I won't ever shoot myself.

Blackadder: Oh, shame.

Baldrick: And, the chances of there being two bullets with my name
on them are very small indeed.

Blackadder: That's not the only thing around here that's "very small
indeed". Your brain for example, is so minute, Baldrick, that if a hungry
cannibal cracked your head open there wouldn't be enough inside to cover a
small water-biscuit.


timbochov

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Dec 30, 2009, 8:27:13 PM12/30/09
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On Dec 29, 2:33 am, Br. Scooter <br.scoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Carry your own bomb!
> Think about it.
> What are the odds of there being two totally unrelated people secretly carrying
> bombs on an aeroplane?
> Billions or more to one.
> Problem solved.
> --
> "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor
> to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."
> Anatole France.

The alternative is to fly saudi arabian airlines- it would be packed
with bombers but they would be in transit.

Lyndon Watson

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Dec 30, 2009, 11:30:05 PM12/30/09
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On Dec 30, 11:05 pm, Robin Halligan <radar...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> Sounds like the login of Privet Baldrick in Blackadder goes forth

Hedging his bets, was he?

LW

I'll leave the login pun to someone else.

Fred

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Dec 31, 2009, 12:48:21 AM12/31/09
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"Lyndon Watson" <te...@clear.net.nz> wrote in message
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LW

Pun?


Robin Halligan

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Dec 31, 2009, 6:28:41 PM12/31/09
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What was i thinking? i have no idea where the login bit came from

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