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Old 01-13-2009, 07:55 AM   #1 (permalink)
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"What does it do? Nothing, that's the beauty of it"

It's one of the most hotly debated and heavily discussed subjects on the Internet, maybe even more so than the airplane on a treadmill. Somewhere, on TV, in a movie, in a book, everyone knows they heard a question and answer almost identical to "What does it do?" "Nothing, that's the beauty of it," but nobody can source it. The Simpsons and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are two commonly stated sources (in fact, I reread the entire HHGtG "trilogy" to find the quote and prove it, but came up empty.)

The real source is the TV series Burke's Law, during the episode "Who Killed 711?" and this is the clip to prove it.


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Old 01-13-2009, 07:57 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I have never heard of this debate and I spend a LOT of time on the internet.
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Old 01-13-2009, 10:12 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I have never heard of this debate and I spend a LOT of time on the internet.
Yea, likewise.
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Old 01-13-2009, 10:50 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I have heard of this debate. good sleuthing.
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:11 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I absolutely have heard this debate, though it was being debated by people older than I am.

Now, can we please find, "It make you strong, like bull!"?!
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Old 01-13-2009, 11:29 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I still don't know why airplane on a treadmill is debated..
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Old 01-13-2009, 12:04 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Now, can we please find, "It make you strong, like bull!"?!
Robin Williams?
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Old 01-13-2009, 12:28 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I still don't know why airplane on a treadmill is debated..
What's aeroplane on a treadmill?
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Old 01-13-2009, 12:43 PM   #9 (permalink)
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What's aeroplane on a treadmill?
Airplane-Treadmill problem - Boing Boing
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