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Alright, everyone sit down, 'cause this thread is hereby hijacked. Nobody moves, nobody gets hurt.

Albie, in your lofty, ethereal world of "theory" you are correct; Sir Isaac Newton will back you up on that one. Indeed it would be theoretically possible. However, back down here in reality, there isn't a lawn-dart driver alive with the upper-body strength necessary to impart enough angular momentum on a deceased feline to, in effect, "smash" any human, let alone one built as sturdily as a P-3 pilot.

However, I can see an instance whereby, with a live cat of considerable fortitude, such as a hungry lion or disturbed Bengal tiger, you could probably impart enough damage to equate to a "smashing." But you would have to immediately flee the area to avoid any collateral damage. And any attempt to swing an animal of such size and ferocity would probably prove fatal.

I also know that, with as many of us P-3 pilots as there are in Graceland, there are quite a few who are junior to you. So when you finally upgrade to a window seat, they might be silently contemplating ways to give YOU a drubbing using the corpses of small, domesticated pets as weapons!
 
Albie,

I hate to rain on your parade, but momentum (p) = mass * velocity, not p=m*v(squared). You wanted: kinetic energy = mass * velocity(squared).
 
hmmm, knew it would come back to haunt me:)

So yes, you could perhaps accelerate a dead kitty to a high enough velocity to bruise said P-3 driver, but I would advise running rather quickly after the toss.
 
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