Triffids Beard 2 - The Bearded Triffid

hundred and fifty-six and as there are only about a hundred and fifty people sensible enough to read
Phlogiston, he has therefore demonstrated Overkill, but only to a factor of two. It was not until the
global thermonuclear craze reached a factor of five or so Beaches that it was recognised as crazy, and
abated, so perhaps we should cut short this procedure and execute a pre-emptive shredder strike on the
Triffid.
Alternatively, we can encourage him to drink more of his special beer. If a full bottle weighs 500gms, and
an empty 200gms, then the contents must weigh 300gms. Since beer has a density of one gram per cc
(being water with a few dissolved extras) the contents should weigh 330gms so that there is a shortfall of
30gms. In other words, a rest mass of 330gms (in the bottle) becomes a moving mass of 300gms (in the
Triffid): the formula is the same except for the use of mass instead of time, and so we deduce that the
Triffid's velocity is about 45i % of the speed of light, a pure imaginary velocity. You are what you drink.
Nicky McLean (Whom God Preserve)