The sublimation of BigNick

[jim.r]

When BigNick passes wind, does he get heavier or lighter? Presumably the loss of gas decreases his total mass, but the loss loss of a lighter than air substance previously held internally will increase his weight. What does the panel think? Should we send him off for an empirical test?

[ParaHandy]

Should we send him off for an empirical test?

yon chink git .. confuckedus .. ahm sure said that

[BigNick]

....but the loss loss of a lighter than air substance previously held internally will increase his weight.

Ah but, how can you sure be that that the substance is lighter than air? Does it make any difference if I had five pints of Guiness (like last night), or a decent curry for example?

[Rowana]

If I had 5 pints of Guinness and a curry, I'd be VERY afraid to pass wind

[bilbo]

Naw, ye don't quite unn'erstand the physics involved. When BigNick farts - and I had the dubious honour to have experienced more than a modicum of such colonic recidivism ( probably 'cos he thought that JohnyForeigner wouldn't notice in the middle of Biscay ) over a not-inconsequential period - his biomass doesn't decrease.

However, his Specific Gravity does increase, proportionately. And that means his Displacement increases correspondingly. As does the Wetted Surface Area. Which means he goes slower....

And the slower he goes, the bigger he gets, the more he farts.

It's all in the Special Theory of Relativity, really. The faster he goes, the smaller he gets, the less he farts.

Unless he's had Spanish Chicken, of course....!