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Posted 2005-03-22, 03:08 PM
in reply to Medieval Bob's post starting "1) Johnny
2) 6 Cigars
3) A pound..."
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Medieval Bob said:
3) A pound of feathers is more than a pound of gold because, technically, the unit is different. The most commonly used system of weights in the US and Great Britain is the avoirdupois system, where 1 pound = 16 ounces. This is used for most solid objects, except for precious metals and gems; gold is weighed by a special system, called the troy system, where one troy pound = 12 troy ounces. While an avoirdupois ounce is 28.35 grams, a troy ounce is about 31.10 grams. To convert from avoirdupois pounds to troy pounds, multiply the first by 1.2152 to get its equivalent in troy measurement. Therefore, one "pound" of feathers in troy weight is actually 1.2152 pounds (one avoirdupois pound), compared to one troy pound of gold.
(Partially quoted from some random site.)
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But that's just silly.
And for the fourth, with the gloves.. you didn't specify that there was a specific left and right hand for the gloves. I have many pairs of gloves that are interchangeable. In which case 3 makes sense.
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