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February 22, 2017 5:23 am at 5:23 am #619302LightbriteParticipant
Before airplanes were invented, did people make paper airplanes?
February 22, 2017 7:03 am at 7:03 am #1218396HaLeiViParticipantThey had to make it from parchment.
Fascinating question there, btw.
February 22, 2017 7:08 am at 7:08 am #1218397MammeleParticipantOnly paper boats, I guess.
But then origami is lolder than airplanes, so probably just about everything but airplanes. What’s the fun if it can’t fly though?
February 22, 2017 10:27 am at 10:27 am #1218398Lilmod UlelamaidParticipantThey probably did, but they called it something else. Maybe they called it “flying paper”
February 22, 2017 10:28 am at 10:28 am #1218399Lilmod UlelamaidParticipantMaybe the guy who invented the airplane got the idea from paper airplanes. Maybe the original airplane was a paper one.
February 22, 2017 10:37 am at 10:37 am #1218400Lilmod UlelamaidParticipantlol, I was only joking, but it turns out I was right!
Google – “history of paper airplanes” and check out the Wikipedia article.
Apparently, airplanes were invented as a result of and modeled after paper airplanes. It’s still not clear to me what they were called though.
According to Wikipedia, the original paper airplanes were invented in China around 500 BCE
February 22, 2017 11:52 am at 11:52 am #1218401JosephParticipantThey made paper ships.
February 22, 2017 1:41 pm at 1:41 pm #1218402LightbriteParticipantWow LU!! Yay that was genius and I would have never guessed 🙂
You get a billion ? brownie points for your successful hypothesis 🙂
? = Brownie
February 22, 2017 1:43 pm at 1:43 pm #1218403Lilmod UlelamaidParticipantThinking of the question was much more brilliant. I was just making a joke, which coincidentally turned out to be true.
February 22, 2017 2:03 pm at 2:03 pm #1218404MammeleParticipantSo I was wrong. Oh well. At least there are some smart CR denizens out here.
February 22, 2017 2:15 pm at 2:15 pm #1218405Lilmod UlelamaidParticipantI don’t know what denizens are, so I guess you are smarter than me 🙂
February 22, 2017 2:23 pm at 2:23 pm #1218406LightbriteParticipantMammele and Joseph: I like the boat/ship idea 🙂
Just wondering how that worked in class when people are sailing ships. Maybe in swim class.
But paper gets soggy and plastic is relatively knew.
Maybe they made them with reeds. Then paper ships would have worked.
Now I wonder what came first, Football or Paper Football? I’m guessing the former. I wonder what they call Paper Football in places where Football is Really Soccer?
Anyone in Israel know what they call Paper Football? Like when you make a little triangle puck of paper and flick it across a desk?
February 22, 2017 2:32 pm at 2:32 pm #1218407Lilmod UlelamaidParticipantI never heard of paper football before, but it couldn’t possibly have been called football before football was invented, since it has nothing to do with feet (the way you described it), as opposed to paper airplanes that do fly in the air.
Also, since I never heard of paper footballs before, I am guessing that they may be a newish invention?
February 23, 2017 1:59 pm at 1:59 pm #1218408flipartMemberThey usually crash-land, paper boats are better constructed
February 24, 2017 1:30 am at 1:30 am #1218409YesOrNoParticipantIf you tie a thin sting to the back of a paper plane, you could tie on a banner and your plane could advertise a message!
February 24, 2017 2:20 am at 2:20 am #1218410LightbriteParticipantYesOrNo: That’s a genius idea!
LU: Ummmm wow that makes so much sense (lol silly question on my part). Yea the football would have to come first since there is no foot involved in the game) ~Again You Score May’ya Achooz, maybe even more 🙂
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