Just a little trivia :)
 

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?
And why do they not weigh the same?

Pound of Gold = 12 ounces
Pound of Feathers = 16 ounces

Different measuring system fo Gold???

You are correct sir :)

That knackered that thread then, sorry Jim. :)

hell yeah :)

lets do more of this educational stuff :)

OK
Which weighs more???
A pound of Lead (Gold's Ugly Cousin) or a pound of feathers?

Jim,

Feel free to send me a pound of gold and a pound of feathers if you need someone to test that for ya!


|bananna|

What urb, you know about Gold but not Lead?

Jim - here's the internet answer LOL
answer page

and actually - the answer is kinda wrong about the gold - the gold is weighed using the Troy system which has 12 Troy ounces in a Troy pound - which is not equal to a normal pound - actually the Troy ounce is 1.097x a normal ounce - therefore not only are the units of comparison wrong, (comparing pounds to troy pounds) but the 12 ounce answer is wrong it would be 13.164 normal ounces |jester|

I didn't wanna knacker your thread twice Jim. :)

Here is one that I just saw on NYPD Blue.
In the nursery rhyme, Pop Goes The Weasel
What does "Pop Goes The Weasel" mean?

I searched online and as far as I can tell, nobody really knows.

Jim - this was the first explanation of it I had heard of:
When people spun their own wool for weaving they used a yarn winder to measure the yarn into a skein. When the wheel went around enough to wind the length of the skein the yarn winder was geared to make a "popping" sound. This let the person know that the skein was finished winding. The name of the winder was "weasel."

However - there are some other versions floating around since "to pop" probably means to pawn something and the reference in one of the verses seems to be to a tavern that is still around


Of course there's also the explanation that it was a toned down version of a more "erotic" story/song :)

The best explanation I have heard is "Pop" means Pawn and "Weasel" means coat in old Cockney. Damn, I hope I spelled that right. But, if you listen to the rhyme, Pawning the Coat instead of Pop goes the Weasel makes no sense.

an Interesting and Timely thread...

|roses|

More importantly how the hell did I miss this thread?

I was only weghing my 17lb penis |afro|

I know the feeling John.
While taking a piss this morning, I noticed that the water in the toilet was very cold. :)

Oh you guys kick it off too |jester|