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(Disclaimer: no offence is intended by the below. Just a bit of tongue in cheek to round off the week)

Q: What colour is the sky?

old dee:

The sky is still blue after all this time

will it ever change?

i'll believe it when I see it

rpfc: The sky might be blue right now, but it is naive to expect this is going to change overnight.

We must accept that while others have a starry night sky, or a red dusk, or a pink dawn, our sky is blue, and it will remain blue until some significant changes to the way in which the air scatters the sunlight are made. These changes will take time.

Ron Burgundy: The sky is the best thing that has happened to us in a long time. I have total faith in it. I love the sky.

Satyriconhome: actually chap, I know where the sky is at and so does God. In fact when my lovely lady and I were talking to God the other day we spoke about the sky. I just like to entertain myself on here with all you keyboard heroes who think you know the sky better than God and I.

WYL:

it's still blue and it's still falling.

When are we going to see change? How much longer are we going to put up with this incompetent sky?

Webber: I thought I'd correct some of the statements being made in here regarding the sky's colour which are just plain incorrect.

Except for light that comes directly from the sun, most of the light in the day sky is caused by scattering, which is dominated by a small-particle limit called Rayleigh Scattering. The scattering due to molecule sized particles (as in air) is greater in the forward and backward directions than it is in the lateral direction. Scattering is significant for light at all visible wavelengths, but it is stronger at the shorter (bluer) end of the visible spectrum; meaning that that the scattered light is more blue than its source, the sun. The sky can turn a multitude of colors such as red, orange, purple and yellow (especially near sunset or sunrise) when the light must pass through a much longer path (or optical depth) through the atmosphere. Scattering effects also partially polarize light from the sky, most pronounced at an angle 90° from the sun. Scattered light from the horizon travels through as much as 38 times the atmosphere as light from the zenith, causing it to lose blue components, causing a blue gradient: vivid at the zenith, and pale near the horizon. Because red light also scatters if there is enough air in between the source and the observer, these longer wavelengths of light will also scatter significantly, making parts of the sky change color during sunset.

ENYAW: why does the sky do what it did? It just hangs there? I watch and think the sky, is not what it was 10 years ago. get the clouds to move to a different part of the sky ?

dee-luded: the sky, forever changing, never constant.

maybe someone else wants to offer up a bigger sacrifice to the sky??

just a thought

Bitter but optimistic: bugger the sky I say! Who needs the sky when there is alcohol and women to consume!

hogans heroes:

The sky is pathetic. The clouds are hopeless and the sun is a loser.

I hope the sky burns in hell for what it has done

(three weeks later)

The sky is absolutely beautiful.

Redleg: The sky is still blue after all these years and it's about time we stood up to God and told him to change it.

picket fence: The sky is blue but the clouds aren't puffy enough! Plus we need more rainbows! I propose we switch some clouds for rainbows! Just my view!

rjay: That is an interesting question that you pose 'P-Man'. I think it is blue but I also think it can be a variety of other colours that we don't get to see as often.

Machsy: Are you serious? How can you not know that? That is just about the stupidest question I've ever been asked.

The sky? Seriously??

Jumbo returns: The sky is still blue and I am very skeptical of this God fella. I will wait to see what he does to change the colour of the sky before I sing his praises.

Jaded: I stood underneath the sky yesterday while it rained. I stood there, wondering why I bother watching it while it pours down.

But I'll be there again next week. Standing underneath it. Hoping it won't rain.

Ben Hur: I could explain it to you but you wouldn't understand.

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    Best read on demonland for 116 days.

    Take an extra 10 minutes at lunchtime and have yourself skinny latte.

    And a better page to read than rpfc's manifesto.

    Edited by jazza

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    POTY

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    One addendum:

    The sky is blue and it WILL change overnight. It's up to the person looking up at any given time, at any given place, and it will be blue again.

    Well done P-man.

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    The only part of the excellent post I would take umbrage with, is that God talks to me

    well, it was a certainty that there'd be some part...

    but, Satch, correct me if I'm wrong

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    Waiting for demonfrog to upload a picture of the away clouds uniform,then we can make a choice.

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    Absolute classic, well done P-Man and thanks for the laugh.

    They were all great and spot on, however I have to give extra credit for the "Machsy" quote.

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    Early nomination for post of the year.

    Love it.

    Are you an accountant and work on a Financial Year basis? How else can a post on 18 July be an "early nomination" for post of the year? (But I agree with your sentiment.)

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    Are you an accountant and work on a Financial Year basis? How else can a post on 18 July be an "early nomination" for post of the year? (But I agree with your sentiment.)

    The nominations normally start mid November.

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    Are you an accountant and work on a Financial Year basis? How else can a post on 18 July be an "early nomination" for post of the year? (But I agree with your sentiment.)

    Probably a horse lover,year starts on august 1st.

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    I don't require admiration, and appreciation for my work and posts round here, unlike some people. Not looking at anyone;

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    Gee I like and admire this post

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    Gee I like and admire this post

    thanks man, spoke to Hogan at training the other week. Said he really appreciated my posts, then gave me a wink.

    I took the wink as it being he loved the club as much as my posts and he would sign. Sure enough he did.

    All hail me ;)

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