That is a plausible reason. In fact, the Van Der Graaf generator experiment is very popular with girls having light and long hair. In contrast Bean’s hairstyle is usually short and stiff:)
Simple sice the van der graaf attracted the negative charge in his jakcet instead of that of his body and instead of the positive charge flowing through his body and going into his hair(which makes it go up) the positve charge remained in the jakcet and becouse of the material it remaned charged and when passing near the trash it attracted the trash in it until Bean became like a van der graaf generator and passed the charge to the police officer. Am i right ??
Christopher Busuttil
May 11, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Well done Luke!
That is a plausible reason. In fact, the Van Der Graaf generator experiment is very popular with girls having light and long hair. In contrast Bean’s hairstyle is usually short and stiff:)
Luke Baldacchino
May 11, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Maybe because his hair is too short to be rising ?
Matthew Camilleri
May 10, 2012 at 8:46 PM
Simple sice the van der graaf attracted the negative charge in his jakcet instead of that of his body and instead of the positive charge flowing through his body and going into his hair(which makes it go up) the positve charge remained in the jakcet and becouse of the material it remaned charged and when passing near the trash it attracted the trash in it until Bean became like a van der graaf generator and passed the charge to the police officer. Am i right ??
Christopher Busuttil
May 10, 2012 at 9:49 PM
Ha ha, your explanation is not that simple, slice!! I guess that your physics contains some irregularities:(
Michael hampton
May 10, 2012 at 7:02 PM
could it be he was not earthed .. he had rubber souls or something?
Christopher Busuttil
May 10, 2012 at 7:10 PM
Hey Michael, that’s too complex for me. I think it is much simpler. Where are the girls? They usually have better lateral thinking than us!!
Dorian
May 10, 2012 at 3:51 PM
But when he was charging the generator he didn’t touched it as the other person did.
Christopher Busuttil
May 10, 2012 at 5:36 PM
Well, you don’t have to. The generator is only uncharged when it is earthed by your hands. Something that Bean actually did!!
Christopher Busuttil
May 10, 2012 at 3:44 PM
Hi Dorian, I’m glad you’re here. Of course he touched the generator. Didn’t you see it glowing?
Dorian
May 10, 2012 at 3:12 PM
He didn’t touch the Van der Graaf Generator while charging it.
Christopher Busuttil
May 9, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Mmmm, no Estavan, that is not the probable answer 😦 Think again, come on, it should be something stupid like Mr. Bean LOL.
estavan
May 9, 2012 at 6:40 PM
he wasnt earthed?