How do you skim a stone 51 times?

[Maggy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7022464.stm


So anyone going to give it a try? :D

What's the highest number of skims you have ever achieved?

Me?About 3. :)

[Mr_love_monkey]

I just found it amazing that yesterday 'The Metro' could devote an entire page to this guy skimming the stone - surely there's slightly more important things going on in the world, given that the paper is only 30 odd pages long...

[Hugh]

I just found it amazing that yesterday 'The Metro' could devote an entire page to this guy skimming the stone - surely there's slightly more important things going on in the world, given that the paper is only 30 odd pages long...
They are just trying to cater to the intellectual level of their readership.... ;)

[Mr_love_monkey]

They are just trying to cater to the intellectual level of their readership.... ;)

I wasn't reading it, I was just looking over someone's shoulder whilst I was reading my highly intellectual book, that was full of willy jokes.

[Hugh]

I wasn't reading it, I was just looking over someone's shoulder whilst I was reading my highly intellectual book, that was full of willy jokes.
Ah - one of the early editions of Proust's "À la recherche du temps perdu, avec willies"

[Mr_love_monkey]

Ah - one of the early editions of Proust's "À la recherche du temps perdu, avec willies"

He had an haddock you know

[Paul]

What's the highest number of skims you have ever achieved? Sadly, as a sign of my mis-spent youth, I can answer that exactly - 11.

[Chris W]

While i was in Scotland i was tempted to go and see the "World Stone Skimming Championships" which were taking place while i was there.... wonder if this guy was the winner

[danielf]

I wasn't reading it, I was just looking over someone's shoulder whilst I was reading my highly intellectual book, that was full of willy jokes.

No, you were looking at someone's shoulder. There's a big difference, you know?

[Hugh]

He had an haddock you know
Did he have a licence for it?

[Delta Whiskey]

I only managed two. I could never find a good left handed skimming stone they all seemed to be right handed (that's my excuse anyway).

[lauzjp]

I'm sure whenever I have tried, mine just go 'plop' :shrug: I'm left handed too!

[Mr_love_monkey]

No, you were looking at someone's shoulder. There's a big difference, you know?

Over/ At

Shoulder / Breasts.

It's all the same really.

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Did he have a licence for it?

No, but he did for his dog called Eric and his cat (also called Eric)

[Richy99]

i think i managed double figures when i was young

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

I wasn't reading it, I was just looking over someone's shoulder whilst I was reading my highly intellectual book, that was full of willy jokes.

Bizarre again i assume

[Hugh]

No, but he did for his dog called Eric and his cat (also called Eric)

Unfortunately, he only had half a bee, which must, ipso facto, half not be.....

[Mr_love_monkey]

Bizarre again i assume
Nah, not enough willy jokes in there.

Unfortunately, he only had half a bee, which must, ipso facto, half not be.....
Cyril Connelly?

[Maggy]

Did he have a licence for it?

Will the hecklers get a room please?Preferably in someone else's thread.

:bsmack:

[Hugh]

Will the hecklers get a room please?Preferably in someone else's thread.

:bsmack:
If it will make you happy, here is a possible answer to your posted question - New Scientist (http://media.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2928)
"it would have to be travelling at about 40 kilometres per hour and spinning at 14 revolutions a second.
He adds that drilling lots of small pits in the stone would probably help, by reducing water drag in the same way that dimples on a golf ball reduce air drag."

[Maggy]

If it will make you happy, here is a possible answer to your posted question - New Scientist (http://media.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2928)
"it would have to be travelling at about 40 kilometres per hour and spinning at 14 revolutions a second.
He adds that drilling lots of small pits in the stone would probably help, by reducing water drag in the same way that dimples on a golf ball reduce air drag."

The question was how many times have YOU managed to skim a stone? ;)

[Hugh]

The question was how many times have YOU managed to skim a stone? ;)

Ah, but I was answering the question asked by the Thread Header...... :D

btw, about 8 or 9.

[Mr_love_monkey]

The question was how many times have YOU managed to skim a stone? ;)

Hundreds.





Oh - you mean in one go?

Probably 6 or 7

[Delta Whiskey]

Unfortunately, he only had half a bee, which must, ipso facto, half not be.....

Monty Python - Eric The Half A Bee.

Do I win a prize? :D

[Halcyon]

I used to do those skimming accross water tricks when I was younger but never got more than 4 or 5 hops.
You need such a flat stone. Slate works well.

[punky]

0. Dunno what i'm doing wrong. No matter how laterally I throw the stone, or what spin I put on it, never skims.

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

The question was how many times have YOU managed to skim a stone? ;)

15, just been and tried ;)