The Answer to Life- Phoenix 42

stuart4010 · Post by **stuart4010** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:15 pm

You're indeed closer than UP with 176, but your roulette number is wrong.

Getting warmer though.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:31 pm

stuart4010 wrote:You're indeed closer than UP with 176

Scant consolation though. He's a cretin.

MAybe the roulette number is 20...

Therefore, 3*20 + 57 * 4 - 256 = 212

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:43 pm

Damn, in with the 20 before I get back from lunch.

Oh well, I'll just add that the Duckworth-Lewis system is a mathematical way to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance. Seeing as HE asked.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:54 pm

Cardinal Richelieu wrote:
Scant consolation though. He's a cretin.

if the roulette answer was 26 then the sum gives 284.

stuart4010 · Post by **stuart4010** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:07 pm

Congratulations UP, indeed the roulette number was 26, giving 284.

Over to you UP.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:15 pm

Bastard. Trumped by an imbecile.

Cheers Weyland... that's another useless fact implanted in my memory at the expense of something vitally important

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:54 pm

okay here goes:

according to the law of the land, what is the smallest measure of beer which can be sold in a pub?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:59 pm

Er... half a pint?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:02 pm

wally.

stuart4010 · Post by **stuart4010** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:43 pm

Hmm... probably some sort of 'ye olde english' measure, like 3/16 of a goat's bladder.

Failing that, i'll say 1 gill.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:55 pm

In which case I'll say the Quartergill, just cos it's the name of a crap pub in Glasgow.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:02 pm

you are a fool YE, a quarter of a gill is about five drops. Stuart is closer but it is not a gill (i had to check exactly how much a gill is and apparently there are four gills to a pint) i had also thought that it was pronounced with a hard G but it is not which is my bad. but nobody has got it yet.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:37 pm

Hark at Oz Clarke.

A quarter gill is the same amount as a shot (indeed, you used to buy shots in either a quarter or a sixth of a gill - 25ml to 35ml), so it's not inconceivable that you could buy a "shot" of beer - either to taste it, or in your case, probably get steaming and act like a fairy.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:52 pm

Cardinal Richelieu wrote:Hark at Oz Clarke.

A quarter gill is the same amount as a shot (indeed, you used to buy shots in either a quarter or a sixth of a gill - 25ml to 35ml), so it's not inconceivable that you could buy a "shot" of beer - either to taste it, or in your case, probably get steaming and act like a fairy.

was there an answer somewhere in there? gills are leading you astray but it is an imperial measure.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:55 pm

Ooops, forgot to give an answer.

But I don't actually know any other imperial quantities, except perhaps a fluid ounce, so I'll go for that.