# Blood **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473 "2010-06-25T11:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/1 "2010-06-25T11:57:17Z")
Is it thicker than water ? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/2 "2010-06-25T12:11:02Z")
It is tastier anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/3 "2010-06-25T13:00:18Z")
I’d trade both my sisters for a puppy. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/4 "2010-06-25T13:16:08Z")
I don’t know, have you given them both intelligence tests? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/5 "2010-06-25T13:52:32Z")
It’s redder than water. ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/6 "2010-06-25T14:36:34Z")
The last time I swam in a pool of blood, it was harder to swim to the bottom. I can’t recommend keeping your eyes open, though. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/7 "2010-06-25T14:45:18Z")
Yes. The density of blood is 1.06 and the density of water is 1.00. So blood is slightly thicker than water. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/8 "2010-06-25T14:49:06Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Yes. > > The density of blood is 1.06 and the density of water is 1.00. So blood is slightly thicker than water. Welp, you had to go and ruin it by bringing facts into it. :rolleyes: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/9 "2010-06-25T20:12:41Z")
Thicker, sweeter, and makes better sausage. I’d trade my brother for a puppy, or even a goldfish. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/10 "2010-06-25T20:44:42Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Yes. > > The density of blood is 1.06 and the density of water is 1.00. So blood is slightly thicker than water. I don’t think density = thickness. Mercury is denser than both, but hardly thicker than blood. Heck, urine is denser than blood, usu 1.010 but I’ve seen it 1.025. Having said that, I use the statement B is thicker than W to remind people that the standard bolus calculation for pediatrics is 20ml/kg of saline, but only 10 ml/kg of blood. A Welps chance in a supernova is thicker than a particle beam ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/11 "2010-06-25T20:46:44Z")
Crips are thicker than Bloods. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/12 "2010-06-25T20:53:18Z")
Yes, but it makes lousy coffee. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/13 "2010-06-25T22:02:35Z")
WhyNot a welp? Doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood/544473/14 "2010-06-25T22:50:42Z")
Thickness is a measure of length, so it depends on what containers the water and blood are in.