Why is there air?

Subject: Why is there air?
From: GUEST,Bill Cosby
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 09:41 AM

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: Ed Pellow
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 10:00 AM

As the person who inadvertently started this spate of 'why' threads, perhaps I should answer...

Over a huge period of time (long enough to be difficult for most of us to comprehend) complex chemical reactions have taken place on earth. Over huge periods of time, these chemical processes have resulted in the earth's current atmosphere, which we call 'air.'

For further information, you might like to refer to this article in Encyclopaedia Britannica, which gives a lot more detailed information on the earth's atmosphere. click here

The word itself has a complex history, but seems to originate from the greek word 'aer' meaning breath.

I hope this is of help

Ed

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: Homeless
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 10:33 AM

To blow up volleyballs.

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: john c
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 11:17 AM

To get hot and fill up daft threads like this.

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: Bill D
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 12:32 PM

'cause I need somethin' to cover the top o' me 'ead.

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: catspaw49
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 12:51 PM

Truly a musical thread!!!

No air.....No music.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: GUEST,A wandering minstrel
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 01:32 PM

Bec......cough, gasp wheeze choke!

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 02:47 PM

Where else would we hang rainbows? I think birds invented it to catch grasshoppers, 'cause walking and swimming was too slow.

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 04:17 PM

Air, The reason God invented bagpipes?

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 04:30 PM

There are those who would argue about whether bagpipes came from heaven or hell.

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 04:45 PM

Aye, I can hear why...only those born able to play them should be allowed to own them...LOL

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: Homeless
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 05:58 PM

Dave TAM - that about sums up my thoughts on computers.

For those of you who don't know, Bill Cosby released an album many, many years ago titled "Why is there air?" One track, titled the same, which dealt with philosophy, girls, and college majors, had Bill (a PhysEd major) responding to the question when proposed by his girlfriend (a Philosophy major) with "To blow up volleyballs. Any Phys. Ed. major knows that." The gist of the track (as I remember it) was that Philosophy was kind of a waste of time.

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: Mbo
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 06:01 PM

Yep, Homeless. My Dad absolutely LOVES this album...he plays it ALL the time when he's in the car. My Dad loves Bill Cosby, cause he's a fellow Philadelphia native. Listen to the one about the "Captain America" car...classic comedy!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: bill\sables
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 06:22 PM

There is only one problem with air, It is used by melodeon players. Cheers Bill

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 06:39 PM

But bill/s, melodeons are not accordians.........and Mbo, my fave Bill Cosby is still "The Legendary Chicken Fairy"........I rowed a Chicken Ferry once; two canoes lashed together to resuce drowning chickens in a flood.....we got piglets and calves too. In canoes......what a visual picture, now.

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 07:01 PM

Most places don't have any air. "Why isn't there any air" would be the kind of thread they'd have.

Subject: RE: Why is there air?
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jul 00 - 07:04 PM

Air is to carry farts to your nose. This a just another of those stinking threads that seem to dominate the Forum recently.