# Giant vertical ruler on a house (picture) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 29, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898 "2007-05-29T12:48:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/61 "2007-05-31T00:14:35Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] You seem to have an _awful_ lot of insight into the ins and outs of giraffe transportation. Not that I’m trying to imply anything at all, nosiree. I’m just wondering – has anyone else noticed that the hamburgers at **Mangetout** ’s place taste…well, _different_? [/QUOTE] Nonsense, they just taste that way because they’re made from very tall cows. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/62 "2007-05-31T00:46:40Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Nah, Giraffe-o-meters aren’t graduated in feet - they have fewer markings; one near the top that says ‘giraffe’, and several nearer the bottom that say ‘probably not a giraffe’ [/QUOTE] hijack] I’m still giggling at this. Silly. [/hijack ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/63 "2007-05-31T03:05:31Z")
Nothing is more permanent than temporary, eh? The odd vehicle is a Winnebago LeSharo. Not sure why the odd front wheels. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/64 "2007-05-31T03:15:46Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] Nothing is more permanent than temporary, eh? The odd vehicle is a Winnebago LeSharo. Not sure why the odd front wheels. [/QUOTE] It looks like it’s missing it’s own front wheels, maybe engine, and it’s on a trailer, or a dolly. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/65 "2007-05-31T04:45:46Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Nah, Giraffe-o-meters aren’t graduated in feet - they have fewer markings; one near the top that says ‘giraffe’, and several nearer the bottom that say ‘probably not a giraffe’ If you get the deluxe model, the markings near the bottom say “probably not a **live** giraffe.” ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/66 "2007-05-31T12:21:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo] a well-earned tip of the hat to **vetbridge**. If anyone had any doubts about how good the giraffe camouflage is, notice that you cannot see any of them on any of the pictures. Good job, girls. [/QUOTE] [Obligatory link to giraffe camouflage thread!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=421433&highlight=giraffe)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/67 "2007-05-31T13:19:55Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] The runway might just be a cover story to fend off curious passers-by and prevent them discovering his trade in black-market giraffes . Did you notice any barns nearby? - they’d be tall, narrow, tapered and locked. [/QUOTE] Locked? Giraffes don’t have opposable or prehensile thumbs so a standard doorknob would suffice. Wait a minute… ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/68 "2007-05-31T14:10:23Z")
Does Red Green live in your neighborhood? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/69 "2007-05-31T14:19:33Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Locked? Giraffes don’t have opposable or prehensile thumbs so a standard doorknob would suffice. Wait a minute… [/QUOTE] Locked from the outside, silly, these are black market giraffes and you can’t tell when a member of the giraffe control taskforce, or a giraffe tax inspector might come snooping around. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/70 "2007-05-31T14:24:49Z")
okay people–this one is a hijack, but true. I was once stuck in a traffic jam because of a giraffe-o-meter. 25 years ago, the local zoo was moving its giraffe to another city. But, you see, giraffes are not built in compliance with Dept of Transportation specs pertaining to height of bridges and electric cables. So the truck had to stop on the highway at every bridge and overhead cable. The driver and crew checked the height, and then had to convince the giraffe to duck. I was stuck too far back in the traffic jam to actually see the process–I only heard about it live on my radio. Apparently it was quite amusing… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/71 "2007-05-31T15:03:56Z")
Couldn’t they just have let the air out of the tires? Reminds me of when the circus was in town in NYC and the elephants would cross the street near Madison Square Garden. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/72 "2007-05-31T15:05:00Z")
Technically, that’s a bridge-o-meter and should be marked “May decapitate giraffes” and “probably will not decapitate giraffes” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/73 "2007-05-31T17:54:09Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Couldn’t they just have let the air out of the tires? [/QUOTE] Silly. Giraffes have hooves. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/74 "2007-05-31T19:48:59Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Technically, that’s a bridge-o-meter and should be marked “May decapitate giraffes” and “probably will not decapitate giraffes” [/QUOTE] You’re _killing_ me! Co-workers are wondering why I’m laughing and snorting as I’m “doing” my project reports. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/75 "2007-05-31T19:54:35Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Silly. Giraffes have hooves. [/QUOTE] 😛 [Some do, some don’t.](http://www.giraffobia.com/images/inflatable.jpg) Hee. [giraffobia.com](http://giraffobia.com): “the place for people what thinks giraffes is scary” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/76 "2007-05-31T20:28:35Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] What it _looks like_ to me is the support for some kind of manometer [/QUOTE] Okay, my brain quit reading what you wrote at this point and (without bothering with the fact that I don’t know what a manometer really is) automatically responded, “That guy’s gonna be real disappointed if he keeps measuring his manhood with a 20-foot ruler.” ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/77 "2007-05-31T23:54:08Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] You seem to have an _awful_ lot of insight into the ins and outs of giraffe transportation. Not that I’m trying to imply anything at all, nosiree. I’m just wondering – has anyone else noticed that the hamburgers at **Mangetout** ’s place taste…well, _different_? [/QUOTE] If I were running a black market giraffe export business, I wouldn’t want to transport them by road. Too conspicuous. Sending them downriver, lying down, to waiting ships might work. I’d probably build a cheap plywood canoe prototype first to try the idea out though. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/78 "2007-06-01T00:07:32Z")
Canoe and…umm… river… I… I… err… look! Elephants! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/79 "2007-06-01T03:33:33Z")
It’s a little known fact that the Titanic only required one smokestack. The other three were giraffe stacks. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898/80 "2007-06-01T07:37:14Z")
That’s why the ship sank; the captain used an iceberg-o-meter calibrated in the giraffe scale - and although, when measured this way, the iceberg did exceed the ‘may kill giraffes’ marking; he didn’t even think to check it with an iceberg-o-meter calibrated in Titanics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-vertical-ruler-on-a-house-picture/405898.md?page=5)