Q&A 107 - Palmer palming in the Bahamas

Richard Porter· Host0:00

[upbeat music] I'm Richard Porter.

Johnny Smith· Host0:02

I'm Johnny Smith.

Richard Porter· Host0:03

And this is On the Other Side of Things, the Smith & Sniff spin-off in which we answer your questions.

Johnny Smith· Host0:08

[upbeat music] Oi, oi.

Richard Porter· Host0:13

Well, here we are again for our Friday Q&A show, answering listeners' questions. And do you know what? I've got one right here.

Johnny Smith· Host0:20

H- what, really?

Richard Porter· Host0:21

Uh, it's- Already?

Johnny Smith· Host0:22

God, girl.

Richard Porter· Host0:23

Yeah. It's... Now, the, this is a listener who has just signed themselves K.

Johnny Smith· Host0:28

Okay.

Richard Porter· Host0:29

But their email address reveals their full first name. I'm not sure if they don't want us to use it- Ooh ... so let's just go with K.

Johnny Smith· Host0:35

Tread carefully, my son.

Richard Porter· Host0:38

This person says, "Hello, you pair of recalcitrant window switches. My question is a simple one, and relates to something that really gets my goat. Why do the ill-informed call those number plates 4D?" Now, K has got a little bit of sort of supplemental, uh, e- explanation here. They go on to say, "As any good engineer or mathematician will tell you, all objects have three axis, X, Y, and Z."

Johnny Smith· Host1:05

Yes.

Richard Porter· Host1:05

"This covers the length, width, and depth of an object."

Johnny Smith· Host1:08

Yeah.

Richard Porter· Host1:08

"All things in the universe are 3D, even if, like a piece of paper, the Z is very small."

Johnny Smith· Host1:13

Yeah.

Richard Porter· Host1:14

"The fourth dimension, as we all know, is time. In fact, the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as such. Therefore, those number plates are not any more 4D than the rest of us as we all whiz around the galaxy. The plastic flat number plates that most normal people