I need songs about falling and/or flying, but not in a metaphorical sense. [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2008 - 44 answers

Are there any financial institutions available in the US to buy Euros as a hedge against the falling dollar? [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 19 answers

How can I become less clumsy? [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2008 - 34 answers

(Two part question: part 1 – help me find a reference, part 2 – am I crazy?) I know I have read somewhere that on rare occasions fish and frogs can be dragged from their watery residences by waterspouts and deposited miles away. There are many references on the web referring to this type of phenomena, but there is a particularly extreme example which I seek… [more inside]
posted on Aug 13, 2007 - 9 answers

I'm trying to find a cartoon image of a cat falling from a (Dakota-type) aircraft. The caption said something like: "Sooty suddenly realised that it wasn't going to matter, even if he can land on all-fours from a mile up" [more inside]
posted on May 29, 2007 - 9 answers

Don't bullets fired into the air hurt or kill people when coming down? [more inside]
posted on Nov 10, 2006 - 39 answers

In the last couple of weeks I swear that I've seen a story, read a story, a dreamed a story about senior citizens and falling. The gist was something about senior citizens being too cautious about walking (taking tiny, slow steps) and that leading to more falls. I think. After that it is fuzzy. Do they then suggest stretching, yoga, or something else? I can't remember. Does this ring a bell? Or maybe the idea was to to teach them to fall...Or maybe have them take bigger steps...my memory fails me.
posted on Jul 10, 2006 - 5 answers

Anyone use these "Yaktrax" thingys? More importantly, any experience using them on not-entirely-flat-soled-shoes? [more inside]
posted on Dec 15, 2005 - 11 answers

This has been bothering me for quite some time so any help would be greatly appreciated. I've often heard that when one falls from a great distance (say out of an airplane or off a building) with no parachute, they will pass out in short order. I'm wondering if this is true, or if they will be concious throughout the fall until impact. Is there any science on either side of this question?
posted on Aug 17, 2005 - 23 answers

A colleague was trying to explain to me about a group of people based in the UK who have mastered the art of falling flat on their faces without injuring themselves, and practise this art in public. Does such a group really exist? [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2005 - 8 answers