Impossible: Ideas, Actions & More

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The discussion revolves around the concept of "impossible things" and includes humorous and absurd examples of actions deemed impossible. Participants share creative scenarios such as marrying a celebrity, performing complex physical feats, and engaging in silly activities like opening snacks while balancing in a hammock. The conversation highlights the playful nature of the topic, with some contributors jokingly asserting that many listed actions are actually possible, while others emphasize the inherent impossibility of certain tasks, like pulling a quark from a hadron. The thread also touches on the absurdity of everyday situations and the challenges of human behavior, all while maintaining a light-hearted tone. Overall, the exchange showcases a blend of humor, creativity, and philosophical musings on the nature of impossibility.
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How many impossible things, actions, what ever, can you think of?
 
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I know it is impossible for me to marry Yasmeen Ghauri. Does that count?
 
Changing a duvet cover in the back of a moving caravan.

Playing the sax solo from Gerry Rafferties Baker street while kicking a football up an escalator.

Opening a bag of Doritoes whilst standing in a hammock.

Being right in an argument against an angry woman.

Reading a copy of The Daily Mail without rolling your eyes, regardless of how right or left wing you are.

Unicycling backwards across a tight rope juggling whilst drunk.
 
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Schrodinger's Dog said:
Being right in an argument against an angry woman.

:smile:

Write an SMS with your feet.
 
wolram said:
How many impossible things, actions, what ever, can you think of?
I can't think of any.
 
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Ralph Wiggum said:
Me fail English, that's unpossible!
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nothing? is that the right answer? this is a guidance counseling session right?
 
Creating a star with your hands.

It's not hard to think of something impossible.
 
wolram said:
How many impossible things, actions, what ever, can you think of?
You mean, how many before breakfast ? :-p

It is impossible to pull out a quark out of an hadron.
 
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JasonRox said:
Creating a star with your hands.

It's not hard to think of something impossible.

i can do that

humanino said:
It is impossible to pull out a quark out of an hadron.
that too
 
  • #11
Working in the yard without getting injured.
 
  • #12
Teaching a snake to tap-dance.
 
  • #13
To comb a hairy sphere flat
 
  • #14
Millions upon billions upon trillions

For example - listing them all.
 
  • #15
wolram said:
How many impossible things, actions, what ever, can you think of?

At least one.
 
  • #16
Turning your hand one direction, and the same foot the other (for example, turn your left hand clockwise and your left foot CCW).
 
  • #17
CompuChip said:
Turning your hand one direction, and the same foot the other (for example, turn your left hand clockwise and your left foot CCW).
I can do it.
 
  • #18
Evo said:
I can do it.

Hey, me too, I just tried it out!

CompuChip, think of something better, please. :-p
 
  • #19
Anyone can do it.

Turn left-hand cw
stop
Turn left-leg ccw
stop
 
  • #20
Schrodinger's Dog said:
Changing a duvet cover in the back of a moving caravan.

Playing the sax solo from Gerry Rafferties Baker street while kicking a football up an escalator.

Opening a bag of Doritoes whilst standing in a hammock.

Being right in an argument against an angry woman.

Reading a copy of The Daily Mail without rolling your eyes, regardless of how right or left wing you are.

Unicycling backwards across a tight rope juggling whilst drunk.

1 out of 6, not bad :smile:
 
  • #21
wolram said:
1 out of 6, not bad :smile:
Which one ? :rolleyes:

Licking my own hear. Actually, I can't even lick my own elbow.

Swimming up to the Moon.

Sending taste and/or odor in my messages on PF. But do I really want that ?
 
  • #22
Finding a bra that fits.
 
  • #23
Danger said:
Teaching a snake to tap-dance.
Now that's impossible, but not as impossible as teaching a snake to lap dance.

As Cantor once said, some things are more impossible than others.
 
  • #24
Wearing your pants on your head and going to take an exam.
 
  • #25
radou said:
Wearing your pants on your head and going to take an exam.
That is not, strictly speaking, impossible. Very unlikely, I admit it. :smile: Unlikely things are easy to imagine :
  • Spending one day without PF ? :devil:
  • Finding a serious thead in GD ? (ok, that was inappropriate :rolleyes:)

    [*]Writing more than 10k lines of code in a day, compiling, and finding to your great delight that you have no bug :cry:


Another impossible thing :
Eating beef wings
 
  • #26
humanino said:
That is not, strictly speaking, impossible. Very unlikely, I admit it. :smile:

I know. But it's still impossible. :-p

Okay, okay. Putting on a forest fire with a screwdriver.
 
  • #27
You are all very wrong. Everything above that has been listed as being impossible are all actually possible. Literally, in the last 3 minutes, I was able to accomplish all of them.
 
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RetardedBastard said:
You are all very wrong. Everything above that has been listed as being impossible are all actually possible. Literally, in the last 3 minutes, I was able to accomplish all of them.

Oh, and how did your exam go? :smile:
 
  • #29
it's called imagination folks
 
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RetardedBastard said:
Everything above that has been listed as being impossible are all actually possible.
I think Evo will be the one most eager to hear how you managed to do all those. :-p
 
  • #31
ice109 said:
it's called imagination folks
I do not think we lack imagination. Combing a hairy sphere flat is definitely impossible, as it is a well defined statement. You will not be able to pull a quark out of an hadron either. Why ? Because it is self-contradictory. There is no lack of imagination in that.

Try to find a way out of Godel's theorem if you have so much imagination. Otherwise, it will provide you with yet another impossible thing to do. To prove it is impossible, Godel used a lot of imagination.
 
  • #32
humanino said:
I think Evo will be the one most eager to hear how you managed to do all those. :-p

Wha? Everone else was listing an impossible task, and I listed on myself :-p
 
  • #33
radou said:
Oh, and how did your exam go? :smile:

Let's just say, it took me longer to post this sentence than to complete the exam :)
 
  • #34
humanino said:
I do not think we lack imagination. Combing a hairy sphere flat is definitely impossible, as it is a well defined statement. You will not be able to pull a quark out of an hadron either. Why ? Because it is self-contradictory. There is no lack of imagination in that.

Try to find a way out of Godel's theorem if you have so much imagination. Otherwise, it will provide you with yet another impossible thing to do. To prove it is impossible, Godel used a lot of imagination.

hey now if i say i can a vanishing continuous tangent vector field on a sphere than it is so! proving it is another matter altogether, and as far as i know hadron is a collection of quarks so i can easily pull a quark out of a hadron.

besides i think you guys are forgetting where we are, this is GD. I'm not in the least bit serious about any of this.
 
  • #35
At this time none. Why? Because I realize that an infinite number of things are impossible and to begin counting (even just one) is pointless, so I didn't bother.
 
  • #36
ice109 said:
besides i think you guys are forgetting where we are, this is GD. I'm not in the least bit serious about any of this.
Sure :smile:

Having all rabbits in the world come over to your place, because you announced on PF that you have free carrots at will. This I believe, is impossible to do.

Let us see. I have free carrots at will back home, if anyone is interested.
 
  • #37
humanino said:
[*]Finding a serious thead in GD ? (ok, that was inappropriate :rolleyes:)


ice109 said:
besides i think you guys are forgetting where we are, this is GD. I'm not in the least bit serious about any of this.
:mad: :devil:

Evo <------- wondering how much chocolate humanino and ice will need to pay in order to not be banned.
 
  • #38
humanino said:
Let us see. I have free carrots at will back home, if anyone is interested.

Oh, I'm there:biggrin:
 
  • #39
I have free belgium chocolate as well, but I don't know if the sisterhood will like the rabbits' company. Anyone knows how to get rid of rabbit squatters ?
 
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humanino said:
I have free belgium chocolate as well, but I don't know if the sisterhood will like the rabbits' company. Anyone knows how to get rid of rabbit squatters ?

The rabbit solution: cats.

ps. I'm not sure about this sisterhood you seem to be indoctronated into.
 
  • #41
RetardedBastard said:
ps. I'm not sure about this sisterhood you seem to be indoctronated into.
Heh, that's right, humanino is the only male PF sister. :biggrin:

Boy, that is a LONG story. :rolleyes:

I just realized that none of the new people know the story behind humanino's avatar. :smile:
 
  • #42
RetardedBastard said:
The rabbit solution: cats.
Oh, the sisterhood will probably like cat company :smile:

Have you not been slapped by the frozen fish yet ?
 
  • #43
humanino said:
Have you not been slapped by the frozen fish yet ?
Oh yes, we need to fish slap him!

<WHAM>

RB, you may keep what is left of that frozen turbot. :-p
 
  • #44
Evo said:
Heh, that's right, humanino is the only male PF sister. :biggrin:

Boy, that is a LONG story. :rolleyes:

He's a male sister? Umm, okey then.:smile:
 
  • #45
Evo said:
Heh, that's right, humanino is the only male PF sister. :biggrin:
:smile: :smile:
Once they were after me, I had to use this avatar, so they thought I was one of them. Now I dare not take it off before them.
 
  • #46
Evo said:
Oh yes, we need to fish slap him!

<WHAM>


Oh man, I think I lost my sense of herring.

And I feel a little eel. I guess I cod go salmon come courage but I feel absolutely gilled.
 
  • #47
RetardedBastard said:
Oh man, I think I lost my sense of herring.

And I feel a little eel. I guess I cod go salmon come courage but I feel absolutely gilled.
:smile: You are definitely going to fit in here.
 
  • #48
humanino said:
:smile: :smile:
Once they were after me, I had to use this avatar, so they thought I was one of them. Now I dare not take it off before them.
Yes, your clever disguise allowed you to escape the NUNS WITH GUNS.
 
  • #49
Evo said:
Heh, that's right, humanino is the only male PF sister. :biggrin:

Wow! You should have told me sooner!:devil:
 
  • #50
wolram said:
How many impossible things, actions, what ever, can you think of?
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