2007-06-23 11:37:37 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Nope. Neither will a penny.
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2007-06-23 11:40:46 · answer #1 · answered by pepper 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, a quarter is way too light and even though it may quadtriple over the length down at like 70mph, it wont be enough to do that much damage. Just like the myth where if you collide and crash in a car, a tissue box hitting you in your head would kill you or do some extrme damage, when it would not.
2007-06-23 11:41:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because an object (or person) falls 32 ft. per second, and the the Empire State Building is 1453 ft. tall, it would take the quarter 45 seconds to hit your head. I think that is plenty of time for the quarter to gain speed and kill you!
2007-06-23 11:47:07 · answer #3 · answered by Zale9342 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It might hurt like the dickens but it's doubtful it would fall down and hit a pedestrian anyway with the winds between the buildings. It probably landed on a window ledge somewhere.
2007-06-23 11:40:38 · answer #4 · answered by Jess 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A quarter of what?
A quarter dollar; I'd probably survive, but a quarter ton of hardened concrete; I wouldn't stand chance.
2007-06-23 12:12:16 · answer #5 · answered by Joe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i heard even a penny dropped from the empire state building will split your head
2007-06-23 11:42:46 · answer #6 · answered by cutiepy983 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you would die. The pressure and speed the quarter hits you at would cause you to die.
2007-06-23 11:40:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The terminal velocity of a thin piece of metal... think of bullets. Heck yes, you'd die, unless there's a significant amount of wind blowing upward or something.
2007-06-23 11:45:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anniekd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know and I dont want to experiment on my head... We cant try using you head: first with long hair, then with no hair, then with a cap, then with a constructor cap, the we can change the quarter coin for a hammer...
2007-06-23 11:41:59 · answer #9 · answered by odacrem69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
people used to think that - then they tested it not on a person but on something and they checked the impact and it just wouldn't be able to kill you - u would get hurt but u wouldn't die -
2007-06-23 11:41:31 · answer #10 · answered by eh. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋