Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Well, he started it, Dad. (I'm so ashamed).

winston wrote:The secondary subject of this thread (can you say thread drift anyone?) is also dear to my heart. Although I would not particularly think of my interest in the context of being a "word nazi".

Serious thread drift, which I was part instigator of!

Back to the subject heading; if you can find a good deal on a 360V64/12, specifically one that's about the same price or slightly more than a 330/12, BUY IT!!!

Kira had already pointed you out Paul as the instigator. It feels good to own up to the misdemeanor though doesn't it?

scotty wrote:the correct answer is a open umbrella!take that Mr Jingle jungle! put that in yer input and smoke it!

No, Scotty, old boy, the correct answer is "an umbrella". The terms "down and up", when used in this context to refer to an umbrella, actually mean "closed" and "open", respectively. So, "open umbrella" as an answer is extrasuperfluous.

While we're on the topic, your initial conundrum would be more clearly stated as follows:

" What goes up a chimney down but will not go down a chimney up?"

The addition of one word makes the whole puzzle easily digestible.

That's my input on the matter.

Now, what about whirled peas?

you win my friend.I suppose it all depends on the circumference of the open umbrella and the chimney shaft.

...or the airspeed velocity of a fully ladened swallow....

even the thickness of the soot..... ok and what about if there is a chimney with Peyronie's ... taken too far......... sorry back on thread what we talking about oh yeah Rickenbackers......

OK, then how many swallows would one need to heft a 330?

I could lift one just fine after just one or two.

windchimp wrote:OK, then how many swallows would one need to heft a 330?

African or European?

Oh wait, that has something to do with airspeed velocity or something like that...
Sorry, wrong show...

I can still heft a 330 after a dozen or so swallows.

jingle_jangle wrote:I can still heft a 330 after a dozen or so swallows.

I knew that was coming.............

Well played, Paul!

Thanks, guys, except I must confess to not being a sport-drinker. Most of the time, alcohol either puts me to sleep or exacerbates my migraine problem. So the humor was in the nature of a poseur.

That's why I didn't use it. But someone had to do it in the name of the common good. Congratulations, Paul.