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Dullest Thread Ideas on 13:27 - Jun 4 by CateLeBonR
Compost. When I was buying my all purpose compost for my balcony herb garden the other day at Wickes. Was I wise getting the cheapo own brand stuff or should I have splashed out the extra £4.50 for Miracle Gro?
Only thyme will tell...
You need some sage advice, I reckon.
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Dullest Thread Ideas on 21:12 - Jun 4 with 1739 views
This thread has touched on parking tickets, tapioca, shades of blue (and grey), the fundamental difference between a font and a typeface, compost, Thetford, traffic lights, Preston North End, railway sleepers and yeast (Boston, inevitably, introduced vaginas to the discussion at 20.41). But no mention of Eze until Numpty’s intervention at 21.20. I hereby announce my candidature for Most Boring Poster on LFW.
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Dullest Thread Ideas on 23:05 - Jun 4 with 1488 views
Sir Isaac Newton discerned the correct relationship for the force of gravity — not only is it proportional to the masses of the attracting objects, but it’s inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The moon is only about 27 percent of the size (radius) of the Earth, so an astronaut standing on the surface of the moon is nearly four times closer to its center than if the astronaut was standing on Earth. Put it all together, and according to Newton’s law of gravity, the weight of the astronaut on the moon is (1/81)/(0.27)2=1/5.9 (or about one sixth) of their weight on Earth.
And A quadratic equation contains terms up to x². The name quadratic comes from the word ‘quad’, meaning square, because the variable gets squared (x² means x squared). It will have a squared unknown term, which will be the highest power of the unknown — this is what qualifies it as quadratic.
There are multiple ways to solve quadratic equations. All quadratic equations can be written in the same form, though.
This form is ax² + bx + c = 0.
In this form, a, b and c represent numbers (a cannot be equal to 0. b and c can, though).
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
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Dullest Thread Ideas on 23:06 - Jun 4 with 1483 views
Dullest Thread Ideas on 23:05 - Jun 4 by ted_hendrix
Sir Isaac Newton discerned the correct relationship for the force of gravity — not only is it proportional to the masses of the attracting objects, but it’s inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The moon is only about 27 percent of the size (radius) of the Earth, so an astronaut standing on the surface of the moon is nearly four times closer to its center than if the astronaut was standing on Earth. Put it all together, and according to Newton’s law of gravity, the weight of the astronaut on the moon is (1/81)/(0.27)2=1/5.9 (or about one sixth) of their weight on Earth.
And A quadratic equation contains terms up to x². The name quadratic comes from the word ‘quad’, meaning square, because the variable gets squared (x² means x squared). It will have a squared unknown term, which will be the highest power of the unknown — this is what qualifies it as quadratic.
There are multiple ways to solve quadratic equations. All quadratic equations can be written in the same form, though.
This form is ax² + bx + c = 0.
In this form, a, b and c represent numbers (a cannot be equal to 0. b and c can, though).
Here’s me thinking my ‘Favourite Theorem’ suggestion had been criminally overlooked.
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Dullest Thread Ideas on 23:24 - Jun 4 with 1453 views
The 'could you lace your boots with cheese strings?' thread.
Theoretically yes, you can thread cheese strings through your boot eyelets. Practically? Don't do it. Cheese strings lack the structural integrity required to keep your footwear secure. Even a gentle tug to tighten your laces will cause the cheese to snap in half.
Here is exactly why this experiment is doomed to fail:
Low Tensile Strength: Cheese is highly malleable and lacks the strong synthetic or woven fibers (like nylon or polyester) found in standard shoelaces.
The Melting Point: As you walk, your feet generate heat. The warmth from your boots will quickly soften the cheese string, turning it into a sticky, oily, and pungent mess.
The Smell: Leaving exposed bits of dairy on your boots will quickly attract local wildlife and result in a terrible odour.
If you just want a reliable and durable setup for your boots, you are far better off sticking to standard cord.
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Dullest Thread Ideas on 00:49 - Jun 5 with 1359 views
Dullest Thread Ideas on 23:24 - Jun 4 by TwoHalves
Theoretically yes, you can thread cheese strings through your boot eyelets. Practically? Don't do it. Cheese strings lack the structural integrity required to keep your footwear secure. Even a gentle tug to tighten your laces will cause the cheese to snap in half.
Here is exactly why this experiment is doomed to fail:
Low Tensile Strength: Cheese is highly malleable and lacks the strong synthetic or woven fibers (like nylon or polyester) found in standard shoelaces.
The Melting Point: As you walk, your feet generate heat. The warmth from your boots will quickly soften the cheese string, turning it into a sticky, oily, and pungent mess.
The Smell: Leaving exposed bits of dairy on your boots will quickly attract local wildlife and result in a terrible odour.
If you just want a reliable and durable setup for your boots, you are far better off sticking to standard cord.
Dullest Thread Ideas on 23:24 - Jun 4 by TwoHalves
Theoretically yes, you can thread cheese strings through your boot eyelets. Practically? Don't do it. Cheese strings lack the structural integrity required to keep your footwear secure. Even a gentle tug to tighten your laces will cause the cheese to snap in half.
Here is exactly why this experiment is doomed to fail:
Low Tensile Strength: Cheese is highly malleable and lacks the strong synthetic or woven fibers (like nylon or polyester) found in standard shoelaces.
The Melting Point: As you walk, your feet generate heat. The warmth from your boots will quickly soften the cheese string, turning it into a sticky, oily, and pungent mess.
The Smell: Leaving exposed bits of dairy on your boots will quickly attract local wildlife and result in a terrible odour.
If you just want a reliable and durable setup for your boots, you are far better off sticking to standard cord.
The plastic tip on the end of a shoelace is called an aglet.
The plastic tip on the end of a shoelace is called an aglet.
This is why we keep coming back. The thread that keeps on giving.
Edit: I’ve now got an image in my head of the late Patrick Campbell attempting to define the word ‘aglet’ on a 1960’s episode of Call My Bluff, with Frank Muir, his opponent, looking sceptical and Robert Robinson, the king of the combover himself, calmly presiding over the matter.
[Post edited 6 Jun 13:53]
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Dullest Thread Ideas on 20:10 - Jun 5 with 1058 views
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