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Black of course. Well no – they are actually orange! Check it out. So why are they called black boxes?
There are differing reasons given. According to the heiliger wikipedia they used to be black in line with standard equipment until in 1965 they were required to be bright orange or yellow to make them easier to find in the event of a crash.
What other anomalies have you noticed?
black box, is often used to mean a process or rule in which something goes in and something else pops out. we may or may not know why or how, we may not even be interested in why or how, and it may be impossible to determine why or how.
doesn’t quite fit the case of airplane black boxes, but I suspect that some derivative of this idea is where the term comes from.
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What other anomalies have you noticed?
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a black mamba is not black.
a blue moon is not blue.
a white sale is not white. (it used to be).
is a purple heart purple?
To quote a comedian (I forget who it was)…
The black box always survives the plane crash,
soooo…
WHY don’t they build the whole plane out of that stuff?!?
Black hatters, are not black.
apushatayid…
Some are.
Parkways are not for parking.
Driveways are not for driving.
And some wear grey hats.
a football is not a ball. (at least in the states).
flourescent lightbulbs are not bulbs.
orange tea is not orange.
oh and white rhinoceroses are not white.
An orange rhinoceros is not orange
Crazy donkeys are not crazy
Achilas Matzah isn’t food
AinOhd, I believe it was George Carlin.
A Sheep without a Spleen: Hi buddy long time no see. You may not have a spleen but you certainly have guts… hiding yourself away the whole time then running in to show your face (which I hope you do have) from time to time. Why do you keep doing that? And hows your pesach spleening getting along?
??? ??????!!!!
AinOhdMilvado, that’s soooo good! reminds me of the comedian who would make fun of all the potholes around the city saying, why don’t they just take all the cement that they use for making all the speed bumps and put them into the potholes!?
here’s other fun ones:
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France.
Quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
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