I'll give a tenner to anyone who...

[Steadders]

Can fold a piece of papaer more than 7 times and prove it.

over the top of each other that is, for example legth ways in half, then in half again etc

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By the way, it has to be normal thickness paper, no grease paper or cling film is allowed.

[Gifted]

i going to take that bet one my friend!


p.s you didnt say how big the paper was.... done it!!!

with A3 :D

[Steadders]

yea, use any sized paper, you still wont be able to!

[Steadders]

as far as i know...

[RocketKnight]

OK, in my final seconds online before i head off to the cinema, I found these links:

http://web.nmsu.edu/~naadamso/Curriculum1.htm

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_241.html

These websites found at random in google would suggest it can be done, but it would involve a mahoosive piece of paper, and conditions we couldn't realistically set up. Of course, the websites might be a load of rubbish, but I haven't let the validity of the internet stop me before. :p

so it seems with standard paper it cannot be done? please, anyone who works in the paper manufacturing business, could you do us a small favour............;)

[Brains-Lans]

Originally posted by 5teadders
yea, use any sized paper, you still wont be able to!

This is very true, no matter how bug the piece of paper is, if you fold it as described above it cannot be done more than 7 times.

[Bootz]

ages ago on some tv program it said if you 'could' fold a piece of paper 42 times (impossible anyway, but) it would reach to the moon?

hmm not sure if thats right or not as its 42 lots of 'doubling' up and cba to work it out.

[mr_roll]

1 thing none of you havent said is a square piece of paper, i always thought that was it? or am i wrong?

[Steadders]

Originally posted by Gifted
i going to take that bet one my friend!


p.s you didnt say how big the paper was.... done it!!!

with A3 :D

done it eh?

ill enjoy seeing that!!

otherwise some1 owes me a tenner...

[Zenti]

im on six folds aaah its tuff, i cant do 7, its just not bendable, unless i had....a clamp.....or if i was superman....that would be so cool, i could like fly around and see through peoples clothes and be real strong and stuff, who cares about some stupid paper...I WANNA BE SUPERMAN!!

[Zenti]

wait a minute, u didnt say how it could be folded, wat if i just fold it as i am doing now really small folds, ive done about 30 already, i win! wayhey! money for me!!!

[Catachan]

Originally posted by 5teadders
over the top of each other that is, for example legth ways in half, then in half again etc

Get some reading skills please Zenti :D

[Steadders]

lol

[Gifted]

A3 VERY VERY thin paper...... try it go on!

[Steadders]

show us a picture smarty pants

[Eskimo]

gifteds right it depends on the thickness of the paper.

It only gets hard after 6 folds because its like trying to bend wood, a small piece of wood.

[TimmyNoShoes]

There is no way i can prove it but A4 tracing paper works if its really cheap that is but u have to hold it in place or it unfolds.
Does that count?

[Baz]

could only do 7 times
had to chew it a bit and squich it in me gob tho
looks a bit of a mess :s

Bazamataz

[Eskimo]

^ pay up 5steaders

[Kahless]

He said he'll pay if you can prove it... I ain't seen no proof here.

[Gifted]

ok i done it ages ago with crappy A3 (bit like crape paper)


gonna take a photo as soon as the 2 new cannon digital cameras come though the door later today hopfully...



this forum having SCIENCE week i thinK

[Kahless]

show it after 1 fold, then 2 folds etc... we wanna make sure you ain't cheating.

[Gifted]

me waits for camera delivery...

and gotta go find some more paper now ffs.

[Eskimo]

its down to the thickness of the paper if hes using crepe paper you could fold it loads of times

[Eskimo]

does cling film count?

[Zenti]

i just folded it 7 times with grease paper...does that count? can i have my tenner now? :D money money money money money

:cwmdie::chainsaw:

[Eskimo]

love your ava

[Kahless]

Originally posted by Zenti
i just folded it 7 times with grease paper...does that count? can i have my tenner now? :D money money money money money

:cwmdie::chainsaw:

you gotta prove it.

[Zenti]

i no i was only jokin about the money, i dont expect any! i just sayin, go nab some grease paper from ur kitchen, theres bound to b some somewhere, and try it, its not as thick as a4 and so the 7th fold is easy! i got it to 8 :D, except on the 8th it looks dodgy, but hey!

[Steadders]

if you look, i did say that it has to be normal paper thickness

if you missed it you must need glasses or something.

[Gifted]

DID YOU REALLY????


uh hum.....

Last edited by 5teadders on 24th October 2002 at 14:33

we were never told were we.... :rolleyes:

[Brains-Lans]

To keep this competition on a level note can i suggest using only 70/80 GSM A4 paper?

[TimmyNoShoes]

Can i just ask does it really count if u have to hold it in place?

[Zenti]

Last edited by 5teadders on 24th October 2002 at 14:33...
yes i definatly need glasses to read the small print! hehheh heh mebbe u need glasses...to increase your brain power...by reading hte dictionary...so you could then use that gained brain power to put the right rules at the start boyo, instead of changing them when 50 people demand tenners of'v ya young bucko me lad.
gimme money or ill come round your house and slap you with a mackeral.

[RocketKnight]

OK, download the following for proof it can't be done:

Right click, save as, rename to RAR and extract (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alex.pheysey/video/PaperFolding.vid)

I used an A4 sized sheet of grease paper and got 7 folds, but folds 6 and 7 were very poor. I think this proves that it can't be done with standard A4 paper, because it's thicker than grease paper. Sorry to spoil your fun everybody. Maybe if the rules were changed to allow bigger sheets of paper.....

Its obviously not possible anyway or 5teadders wouldn't be offering money to someone who can do it. :D

[Cheez]

Methinks rocketknight goes too far :D

good effort though. the mrnice (http://www.cstretton.dsl.pipex.com/mrnice.swf) music (spanish flea or something) would have gone better with it though

[RocketKnight]

Lol, cheers. It was my default webcam movie template and it was the first MP3 I found, but I agree, spanish flea would have been cool.

you still can't fold paper that many times though. :p:

[Gifted]

/me goes and uses a IRON and makes sure every fold perfect......

EASY

[Gifted]

p.s - the new cameras dont come through till monday morning now soo GRRRRRRRRRR wont have proof till then.

[Gifted]

RocketKnight

just watched the film! LOL - think you should have the tenner just for effort! :D

[Kahless]

any proof of completing the task Gifted?

[LlamaMan]

Just managed it, with normal thickness A4 paper (dunno exactly what thickness as that wud involve telling my roommate I nicked his paper when he was sleeping), will post fold by fold photos tomorrow :p

[LordPhil]

Can I use a clamp to do it?

[Steadders]

ok, im gunna clear this up, from now on if anybody can fold standard thickness a4 paper more than 7 times i will give them a tenner.

and yes you can use clamps

you still wont do it.

[Baz]

listen to him..it is IMPOSSIBLE

[Eskimo]

he knows he can't fax paper to save his life, he also knows you cant fold it 7 times. (He was trying to fold it up small for the fax machine ill bet :D