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Created by Crusoe > 9 months ago, 30 Apr 2020
Crusoe
QLD, 1197 posts
30 Apr 2020 5:30PM
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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
WA, 7189 posts
30 Apr 2020 3:52PM
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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
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Fish are sold by the string in some African countries




lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
30 Apr 2020 6:34PM
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^^^Oh, so that's what string theory is about, how many fish on a string ?

Buster fin
WA, 2596 posts
30 Apr 2020 8:11PM
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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
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Sting's piece is a bit under 14 inches

Subsonic
WA, 3375 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
WA, 8876 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
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No, it's the sum of both halves.

the truth
QLD, 189 posts
1 May 2020 1:18PM
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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
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How do you explain colour/s to a person who was born blind ?



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