Stupid Guest Tricks

Zazu wrote:Never? What if I balanced a jalepeño quesadilla on top of it all?

hobie16 wrote:Stonehenge didn't have a roof. :D:

darph nader wrote:So if I camp out for the 3:00 parade at 4:00,am I an hour late or 23hrs early?
That looks nasty as all get out btw hobie.

Zazu wrote:And we know this how? It could have had a roof.

If one looks at how a neolithic round house is built, then posts are placed into pits in the ground and the posts are connected togther in a ring (the ring is called a "wall plate") using a series of beams at about head height (e.g. see http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/build.htm). It is important to have a strong "wall plate" so that the roof can be supported. When a roof is placed on the structure, the posts tend to bend outwards increasing the radius of the wall plate. This in turn puts each beam in the wall plate under tension. When one considers Stonehenge, it would appear that the lintels form a wall plate via the lintels and the mortice and tenon joints interconnecting them. However, putting stone under tension is not a good idea and would have led to a failure of the structure at some point. Is this the reason why a roof on stonehenge is generally regarded as a stupid idea? I have read various books on Stonehenge and even suggest that the stone structure of Stonehenge replicates that of a round house, but they could never have intended to have put a roof on the structure. However, the authors of these books don't say why.

A professional puzzle inventor has solved what he considers the oldest riddle of them all - Stonehenge.

Bruce Bedlam, 56, has built a scale model of the ancient stone circle as he believes it was originally constructed - as a round building.

The inventor, whose Bedlam Cube was featured on TV's Dragon's Den, came up with his theory some years ago but has now built a replica.

He believes that the Wiltshire monument was created with a large, domed roof made from wood and covered in wooden tiles.

Bruce believes the siting was significant and the sun would enter the interior at every solstace through one of the ten doors.

The enormous interior would have been illuminated at various times of the day and every part of the building was correlated around the number three.

The theory suggests that beams were used to create a roof that came to a point above the monument.

They were held together in place by gravity and the shape would have been accousticaly perfect, according to Bruce.

He believes it was more of a government building than a religious one and would have been where important decisions were made.

Bruce, from Bournemouth, Dorset, said: "I first saw Stonehenge in 1972 when I was in the army and later I decided to solve the puzzle.

"I knew it would take me a long time and a I drew up a list of questions and tried to find a common dnominator.

"I treated it like a large jigsaw puzzle in which many of the pieces were missing and came to the conclusion that Stonehenge must have been a building - and why not?"

"The blue stones were transported there because the people wanted to retain the power, and the roof was made from beams of wood. It all revolves around the number three.

"Connecting the beams would have been three rings of cross members.

"The first ring and largest was half the height of the building.

"The second ring of cross members was two thirds the height of the building and the third was where the roof covering would end.

"The height of the Sarsen Circle is exactly a third of the height of the building and the outside diameter is a third of the internal circumference.

"The angle of the roof is an isosceles triangle with the height of one and a base of three "If you stand in the centre of Stonehenge, the distance to the Sarsen Circle is exactly the height of the building.

"I have created 3D drawings on a computer but now I have actually built a model in a 1:50 scale.

"While building it I got some idea of how the whole thing would have been put together all those years ago.

"My theory was laughed at when I first proposed it, but over the years more people have become intrigued.

"I think the building was more for government use than religious use, but there still would have been high priests.

"I think nearby woodhenge was used as a debating chamber and people would travel to stonehenge to make the decisions."

Mayonnaise wrote:Before Stonehenge, there was Woodhenge and Strawhenge. But a big bad wolf came and blew them down, and three little piggies were relocated to the projects.

8^P

Mayonnaise wrote:Before Stonehenge, there was Woodhenge and Strawhenge. But a big bad wolf came and blew them down, and three little piggies were relocated to the projects.

8^P

mapo wrote:you are either confused or trying to trespass. MAPO

Main Streeter wrote:He's confused MAPO. Hands down & bet you 4 Dole Whips he's confused. ;)

mapo wrote:Well if you are betting four of your precious Dole Whips he must be VERY confused!

Hey that is a new way of measuring how sure one is on something...

4 Dole Whips ==> Absolutely! Positively!
3 Dole Whips ==> YES He did it
2 Dole Whips ==> Yeah, but who cares?
1 Dole Whip ==> Shrug

No Dole Whip betting? Nah, but let's blame him anyway!

MAPO

Main Streeter wrote:4 Dole Whips it is Mapo! Absolutely 4. :D: Love your chart. 1 Dole made me laff. Am using it from now on. Have Shorty or BW, or each buy you 4 Doles. I'll snail them the cash. They trust me.... I think. :dolewhip: