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Crusoe > 9 months ago, 30 Apr 2020

Crusoe

QLD

1197 posts

30 Apr 2020 5:30pm

How come we know a piece of chain is 20.1168 meters long but no one knows how long a piece of sting is.

Carantoc

7194 posts

30 Apr 2020 3:52pm

What's the collective noun for a group of aliens ?

Bristol

ACT

347 posts

30 Apr 2020 5:58pm

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Crusoe said..
. . . a piece of chain is 20.1168 meters long . . .

So, how long is a chain of events?

japie

NSW

7145 posts

30 Apr 2020 6:04pm

Fish are sold by the string in some African countries

lotofwind

NSW

6451 posts

30 Apr 2020 6:34pm

^^^Oh, so that's what string theory is about, how many fish on a string ?

Buster fin

2597 posts

30 Apr 2020 8:11pm

Why can you usually find something in the last place you look for it.

GreenPat

QLD

4096 posts

1 May 2020 5:33am

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Buster fin said..
Why can you usually find something in the last place you look for it.

It'd be a bit strange to keep looking for it after you found it.

Rails

QLD

1371 posts

1 May 2020 5:37am

Sting's piece is a bit under 14 inches

Subsonic

3384 posts

1 May 2020 6:44am

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Rails said..
Sting's piece is a bit under 14 inches

And you knows this how?

Wait, i don't wanna know.

rockmagnet

QLD

1458 posts

1 May 2020 12:10pm

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Crusoe said..
How come we know a piece of chain is 20.1168 meters long but no one knows how long a piece of sting is.

The sum of the length of a piece of string is equidistant from the centre to both ends.

elmo

8879 posts

1 May 2020 10:23am

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rockmagnet said..

Crusoe said..
How come we know a piece of chain is 20.1168 meters long but no one knows how long a piece of sting is.

The sum of the length of a piece of string is equidistant from the centre to both ends.

Doesn't that give you the half the length of a piece of string?

rockmagnet

QLD

1458 posts

1 May 2020 1:11pm

No, it's the sum of both halves.

the truth

QLD

189 posts

1 May 2020 1:18pm

the length of a piece of string is twice as long as half of it.

Cambodge

VIC

851 posts

1 May 2020 2:37pm

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the truth said..
the length of a piece of string is twice as long as half of it.

Or half as long if you halve it lengthwise...

VB MAN

1156 posts

2 May 2020 8:51am

How do you explain colour/s to a person who was born blind ?

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