BoloOfEarth Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Logan.1179 said: Asteroid half the size of a giraffe strikes Earth off the coast of Iceland What kind of measurement system is that?? It was either that, or 1.5 Llamas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 7.3-magnitude earthquake strikes near Japan coast, triggering tsunami advisory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Now this I can relate too! this. Old Man and assault 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: Asteroid half the size of a giraffe strikes Earth off the coast of Iceland What kind of measurement system is that?? What idiot editor let this headline through? If it had actually struck the surface at that size, we'd be ln a disaster movie right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 I also consider it shockingly inaccurate. Encyclopedia of the Animal World says bull giraffes "may reach a height of 18 feet (5.5 m) and the cows 16 feet (5 m)." So a 10-foot asteroid is actually 56% of a bull giraffe. Or maybe the asteroid was only 9 feet wide? I can understand that the astronomers might not have had time to make a precise measurement of its size. But in that case, "half a giraffe" suggest an unwarranted degree of precision and certainty! Dean the Deranged Pedant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Starlord said: Everyone knows that the Mammal Measuring System or MMS is the world's 3rd most used measuring system behind the Metric system and the Imperial (or US) system. A lesser know fact is that the MMS is also the 2nd most logical and accurate measuring system behind Metric. Don't forget the other American measurement system, the football field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 10 minutes ago, Old Man said: Don't forget the other American measurement system, the football field. Yes, for example, that asteroid was approximately the size of Josh Jacobs' 2021 average yards per carry.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Better an asteroid half the size of a giraffe than an asteroid the size of Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 54 minutes ago, wcw43921 said: Better an asteroid half the size of a giraffe than an asteroid the size of Texas. Not a problem, just train oil drillers to be astronauts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, wcw43921 said: Better an asteroid half the size of a giraffe than an asteroid the size of Texas. Better an asteroid the size of Texas than a giraffe the size of Texas. assault 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Better a giraffe the size of Texas than ... well, Texas. Starlord and Old Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 16 minutes ago, Old Man said: Better an asteroid the size of Texas than a giraffe the size of Texas. Says you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 The Chicxulub asteroid that caused (or at least accelerated) the demise of the dinosaurs was only about 10 km (6.2 miles) across, the conventional wisdom says. An asteroid the size of Texas?! Well, if it ever did happen, you'd never have to worry about anything else ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 4 hours ago, BoloOfEarth said: It was either that, or 1.5 Llamas. Or 345 kilogerbils. Duke Bushido and BoloOfEarth 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Pariah said: The Chicxulub asteroid that caused (or at least accelerated) the demise of the dinosaurs was only about 10 km (6.2 miles) across, the conventional wisdom says. I'm sorry, you've completely lost me. What is that in giraffes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, wcw43921 said: Better an asteroid half the size of a giraffe than an asteroid the size of Texas. Are you sure? This is an election year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Pariah said: The Chicxulub asteroid that caused (or at least accelerated) the demise of the dinosaurs was only about 10 km (6.2 miles) across, the conventional wisdom says. An asteroid the size of Texas?! Well, if it ever did happen, you'd never have to worry about anything else ever again. In the literature, it's called an "ocean-boiling impact". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 5 hours ago, BoloOfEarth said: It was either that, or 1.5 Llamas. A one "L" lama, a two "L" llama, or a three "L" lllama? Because the local fire department only sends out all the trucks for three "L" lllamas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, archer said: A one "L" lama, a two "L" llama, or a three "L" lllama? Because the local fire department only sends out all the trucks for three "L" lllamas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 The recent posts feel like they belonged in the middle of quarantine. At that point, no further explanation for them would've been necessary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 hours ago, archer said: A one "L" lama, a two "L" llama, or a three "L" lllama? Because the local fire department only sends out all the trucks for three "L" lllamas. The one L lama, he's a priest. The two L llama, he's a beast. Now I'm betting a silk pajama There ain't no thing as a 3 L lllama. L. Marcus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 Where is CourtFool when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 2 hours ago, tkdguy said: The one L lama, he's a priest. The two L llama, he's a beast. Now I'm betting a silk pajama There ain't no thing as a 3 L lllama. Ogden Nash, my Mom's favorite poet. tkdguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 New Zealand claim to world's largest potato is actually a tuber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 22 hours ago, wcw43921 said: Better an asteroid half the size of a giraffe than an asteroid the size of Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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