Poohstick

poohstick English Alternative forms en poohstick Etymology en Poohsticks. Noun A stick used to play Poohsticks. en 22 July 1997 pigoletto (it's opera season!) username Jo Ann Champion A Prepostion, or something... alt.fan.pooh https://groups.google.com/g/alt.fan.pooh/c/4T0ojY8aqYE/m/OhftdkzUIi4J All in favor, acknowledge by raising your Poohstick now! =-) 11 September 2009 Tom Lubbock Christ and the Adulteress (1508-10) Titian https://web.archive.org/web/20091003003405/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/christ-and-the-adulteress-150810-titian-1784889.html However much you might try to gauge the speed and direction of your Poohstick, you will fail. It always arrives out of nowhere. en 31 May 2013 RustyHinge Basingstoke canal caput uk.rec.sheds https://groups.google.com/g/uk.rec.sheds/c/mxx6mJqMZXs/m/kGdHDcv1as0J "Bother!" said Pooh: "I've lost my Poohstick!" 26 August 2015 Katie Grant Poohsticks: Scientists finally find a recipe for success – and conclude it's all about the stick https://web.archive.org/web/20220324033512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/poohsticks-scientists-finally-find-a-recipe-for-success-and-conclude-it-s-all-about-the-stick-10471669.html According to Dr Rhys Morgan, director of engineering and education at the Royal Academy of Engineering, the main variables that need to be considered when selecting the optimum Poohstick include cross sectional area, density/buoyancy, and the drag coefficient. Dr Morgan, a father of two and avid Poohsticks player, said the perfect Poohstick is tubby and long, fairly heavy (but not so heavy it will sink to the bottom of the river), with quite a lot of bark to catch the flow of the river like paddles – or PP (Perfect Poohstick) = A x I. en eponyms