Category Archives: Professor Spinkle
Dropped Stitches
Jun
19
2011
19
2011
Dropped stitches is a common problem amongst fumbling knitters. Have you ever wondered where those dropped stitches go? If the knitter is lucky the stitch may of just dropped down a row in their knitting. In which case it can be just picked up and the knitter can carry on. But often the stitch is dropped too far away to be added back in and a new stitch has to be created or a hole left. The dropped stitches will fall down the back of the seat or onto the floor. Most stitches could stay there for days being too … Read on
Forgetting Gravity
Jun
19
2011
19
2011
Forgetting about gravity is a very easy thing to do. Not a very sensible or healthy idea though. Stepping off the top of a building just because you forgot gravity was there will not stop you from falling. But if you could persuade gravity to forget about you, you would not have the problem of hitting the pavement below rather hard after a few moments. The hard part is getting gravity to forget you. Once it has, doing what you wish where you wish is then very easy. Now how do you get gravity to forget about you? There has … Read on
Speed of Darkness
Jun
18
2011
18
2011
It has been known for a long time how fast light travels. But what about the speed of darkness? Darkness moves in a different way to light, thus travels at a different speed. But is it faster or slower than light? Or does it depend on the circumstances. Let us take a simple example, the everyday event of turning on and off a light switch. When turning off the light the room becomes instantly dark. Thus the darkness must be at least as fast as the light to fill up the space. Now turn the light back on. The light … Read on
Professor Spinkle
Jun
18
2011
18
2011
Professor Spinkle is the head of the ‘Big Expensive College’, the leading and most expensive college around. Professor Spinkle was selected over all the other the candidates for the post of Head Professor. In his spare time the professor has come up with many theories that have been published and read by many. Getting the theories published and read is always the easy part, getting anyone to believe or understand them is much harder. Especially when you are Professor Spinkle. The college has its own printing press and the students often end up with the theories as part of their … Read on