# An inch of rain on an acre of land= a million gallons?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 23, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-rain-on-an-acre-of-land-a-million-gallons/125311 "2002-08-23T23:24:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-rain-on-an-acre-of-land-a-million-gallons/125311/21 "2002-08-24T16:58:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > \*\*I’m sticking to my guns, hectareing or not. > 27,154 inches per acre, times 40 acres = 1,086,160 inches. > So. If an inch of rain falls on _my_ lower forty, _I’m_ going to claim _my_ million inches. \*\* Stick to guns. Those are _gallons_. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-rain-on-an-acre-of-land-a-million-gallons/125311/22 "2002-08-24T19:17:34Z")
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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-rain-on-an-acre-of-land-a-million-gallons/125311/23 "2002-08-26T04:09:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RM Mentock \* > \*\* > > Stick to guns. Those are _gallons_. \*\* Unless, of course, enough water falls to float a boat. Then he can stick to his guns with galleons. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-rain-on-an-acre-of-land-a-million-gallons/125311/24 "2002-08-26T23:22:53Z")
I don’t _have_ any freakin’ guns. Or boats. Or galleons. I don’t even have an acre, fer cryin’ out loud. Let alone forty. It’ll be a cold day in hell before I ever use another bon mot. I’ll be a fly on the wall, and keep my two cents to myself. I’m outta here! Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-rain-on-an-acre-of-land-a-million-gallons/125311/25 "2002-08-27T01:41:48Z")
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? ---
**Author:** ![AZCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AZCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZCowboy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-rain-on-an-acre-of-land-a-million-gallons/125311/26 "2002-08-27T01:50:39Z")
An African swallow or a Eurpean swallow? ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-rain-on-an-acre-of-land-a-million-gallons/125311/27 "2002-08-27T02:10:42Z")
\ I love this place\ ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-rain-on-an-acre-of-land-a-million-gallons/125311/28 "2002-08-27T02:20:31Z")
So, was Jack Benny actually gay? He did own a farm. I think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-inch-of-rain-on-an-acre-of-land-a-million-gallons/125311.md?page=1)