Posted by Dale Dassel from spider-mtc-tc043.proxy.aol.com on June 23, 2000 at 07:02:51:
In Reply to: Goog questions!!! posted by The German on June 23, 2000 at 06:43:31:
: : (1) Can 6000 year-old mummies actually make vocalizations?
: Maeby the wind in the holes?
: : (2) Since when does a 2-ton block of stone bounce?
: Very soft sand? ;-)
: : (3) Did Indiana Jones travel through time in order to obtain
: : a rocket launcher which did not exist until 1940?
: Don`t know what you mean! :-(
: : (4) Is it possible for an entire army of Nazis to hold an
: : extensive archaeological dig in Egypt, when the British
: : controlled that region in 1936?
: Entire Army? OK we are a small country but small army?
: Mabey ... OK you win. I have no clue why the British let the Germans with soldiers dig in Egypt. :-))
: : (5) How is it that Belloq just happens to have a dress that
: : fits Marion exactly, when he has not taken her measurements
: : in advance?
: He is fron France. The land of lofe. You got it. They look woman with other eyes. :-))
: : (6) Boa constrictors and pythons, though happily alive in the
: : Well of Souls, are not native to North Africa.
: Near a supernational thing could be some strange things. :-)
: Maeby God likes snakes.
: : (7) Furthermore, how do snakes survive for thousands of years
: : sealed in an air-tight tomb, without food and water?
: Why do you think are the mummys so dry. And what about the hole in the wall where Indy and Marian escaped? ;-
: I hope that helps.
: Timo
: ( was a big fun to write your questions
: ;-))
The crack in the rock, i.e. question number 7. That NEVER
occurred to me!!! Well, at least we know that the snakes could
breathe. But the mummies wouldn't provide nearly enough moisture
*ugh!* for the snakes. Unless maybe there was some source of natural
condensation, as a result of the chamber being underground...
-Dale Dassel