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What Did Noah Do With All The Animal manure Piling Up In the Ark?
by frankiespeakin 59 Replies latest social humour
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AlmostAtheist
>>Good point Dave, hence the black hole theory.
Now we know why they're black, eh? ;-)
Dave
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frankiespeakin
I'm kinda hoping Hooberus would post a link or some apologetic information to show us "reasonably" how this whole shit thing could be wiped away and laid to rest in the minds of the inquisitive.
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horrible life
Why would you have to load buckets of the stuff, and go up? Let gravity do the work. Duh????? The chicken and pig famers in Arkansas, do this. I saw this the other day on the Dirtest Jobs show. They have grates that the animals walk on. When they pooh, it just falls down, into a pit. Then a truck hauls it away.
Now I know, that they didn't have trucks back then, but all they had to do, was open the trap door at the bottom, and all of the pooh would fall out,
I can't believe you guys? Simple. Any other questions, just PM me. I am full of it.
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PrimateDave
River: "Noah's Ark is a problem." [marking in a Bible]
Shepherd: "Really?"
River: "We'll have to call it early quantum state phenomenon. The only way to fit five thousand species of mammal on the same boat."
Shepherd: "Give me that." [attempts to take his Bible out of her hands] "River, you don't fix the Bible."
River: "It's broken. It doesn't make sense."
Shepherd: "It's not about making sense. It's about believing in something, and letting that belief be real enough to change your life. It's about faith. You don't fix faith, River. It fixes you."
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Gregor
Here's a similar question that merits equal consideration: What happens to all the reindeer shit/piss when Santa flies them all over the neighborhood on Christmas eve? Anybody ever find reindeer droppings in the roof gutters? Shit on a shingle? I don't think so, which puts the factuality of the entire Santa Claus scenario in question.
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buffalosrfree
they probably ate it and that's why this story of Noah's supposed survival in that matter is so full of it.
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horrible life
Gregor, you are so deep. What is your take, on the meaning of life?
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AlmostAtheist
In case Hooberus doesn't make it by today:
From: http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v2/n2/caring-for-the-animals
(This is only an excerpt, I encourage you to read the entire page. VERY entertaining!)
What Did Noah and His Family Do with the Animal Waste?
As much as 12 U.S. tons (11 m. tons) of animal waste may have been produced daily. The key to keeping the enclosures clean was to avoid the need for Noah and his family to do the work. The right systems could also prevent the need to change animal bedding. Noah could have accomplished this in several ways. One possibility would be to allow the waste to accumulate below the animals, much as we see in modern pet shops. In this regard, there could have been slatted floors, and animals could have trampled their waste into the pits below. Small animals, such as birds, could have multiple levels in their enclosures, and waste could have simply accumulated at the bottom of each.
The danger of toxic or explosive manure gases, such as methane, would be alleviated by the constant movement of the Ark, which would have allowed manure gases to be constantly released. Secondly, methane, which is half the density of air, would quickly find its way out of a small opening such as a window. There is no reason to believe that the levels of these gases within the Ark would have approached hazardous levels.
Alternatively, sloped floors would have allowed the waste to flow into large central gutters. Noah’s family could have then dumped this overboard without an excessive expenditure of manpower.
The problem of manure odor may, at first thought, seem insurmountable. But we must remember that, throughout most of human history, humans lived together with their farm animals. Barns, separate from human living quarters, are a relatively recent development.
Dave
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Satanus
Which of noah's sons had the duty of shoveling out all of that shit? Evidently, (wt term) it was ham. Not appreciating this shit shoveling privilege, he later let his resentment move him to act disrespectfully towards god's appointed channel of the time, while noah was drunk ;)
Seriously though, when i was a kid, it was my job to remove the manure from 8 or 10 cows, during the winter. That had to be done twice a day. Then, once in a while, i had to remove the chicken droppings in the coop. *Hack, hack.* I can say from personal experience, that all of noah's sons and their wives together would not have been able to keep up w thousands of shit machines on the ark.
S