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We can (allegedly) put a man on the moon.
We can most definitely travel in space.
We've cracked the Human Genome.
We can clone living creatures.
We can communicate almost instantly with anyone, anywhere in the world.
We can (almost) build nano-machines.
Yet for all our amazing technology, there is still one answer that eludes us...
Why does the handrail on escalators always move at a different speed to the steps?
We can most definitely travel in space.
We've cracked the Human Genome.
We can clone living creatures.
We can communicate almost instantly with anyone, anywhere in the world.
We can (almost) build nano-machines.
Yet for all our amazing technology, there is still one answer that eludes us...
Why does the handrail on escalators always move at a different speed to the steps?
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Tóm wrote:
> Here in the midlands we have proper escalators!
I concur, Nottingham is full of escalator excellence :)
> Here in the midlands we have proper escalators!
I concur, Nottingham is full of escalator excellence :)
Tribute wrote:
> MoJoJoJo wrote:
> I've never been on one where the handrail is quicker... and I have
> to
> use escalators every day. Strange.
>
> I concur.
>
> T'has never happened to me.
Nor me.
> MoJoJoJo wrote:
> I've never been on one where the handrail is quicker... and I have
> to
> use escalators every day. Strange.
>
> I concur.
>
> T'has never happened to me.
Nor me.
Here in the midlands we have proper escalators!
MoJoJoJo wrote:
> I've never been on one where the handrail is quicker... and I have to
> use escalators every day. Strange.
I concur.
T'has never happened to me.
> I've never been on one where the handrail is quicker... and I have to
> use escalators every day. Strange.
I concur.
T'has never happened to me.
I've never been on one where the handrail is quicker... and I have to use escalators every day. Strange.
no, I konquered a humun geenome
Captain Vampire wrote:
> I conqured a genome.
Shirley, you mean gnome?
> I conqured a genome.
Shirley, you mean gnome?
Does it...
I dont think it does...
I dont think it does...
gerrid wrote:
> b) it moves at the speed that you go at when you walk up an escalator,
> rather than just standing on it.
I think (a) was more likely.
They usually move very slightly quicker than the steps, meaning you either move your hand back as you go, or end up leaning forward about 30 degrees by the time you reach the top. (Or, falling down the escalator if you're going down!)
It's very rare that they move slower than the steps, but it's not unknown.
> b) it moves at the speed that you go at when you walk up an escalator,
> rather than just standing on it.
I think (a) was more likely.
They usually move very slightly quicker than the steps, meaning you either move your hand back as you go, or end up leaning forward about 30 degrees by the time you reach the top. (Or, falling down the escalator if you're going down!)
It's very rare that they move slower than the steps, but it's not unknown.
Didn't you know?, It's clearly because either
a) there's a sinister plot to get your hand to move closer and closer to tha ass of the person in front of you, so that there is a nationwide epidemic of accidental ass grabbings
or, more likely
b) it moves at the speed that you go at when you walk up an escalator, rather than just standing on it.
a) there's a sinister plot to get your hand to move closer and closer to tha ass of the person in front of you, so that there is a nationwide epidemic of accidental ass grabbings
or, more likely
b) it moves at the speed that you go at when you walk up an escalator, rather than just standing on it.
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