# Help set a new SD record! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927 "2000-02-17T16:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/181 "2000-02-26T00:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Tokugawa: > (various questions) OK, I’ll bite. 1. If I say that the syllabic patter of Philip Freneau’s “The Indian Burial Ground” is u/u/u/u/, then what kind of rythme does it have? _Rhymes with Cthulhu, Bantu and Forget You._ 2. What is the etymology of the Japanese word “Arigato”? _From Greek Ari (short for Aristotle) and spanish gato (cat.) Word was invented when Aristophanes’ play “The Cat” was translated into japanese by a spanish missionary. The play was hard to find, and you would get a load of thanks when you gave it away to someone. Hence arigato = thank you._ 3. About how many Chinese characters are there? _40,000_. 4. About how many Japanese characters are there? _40,000 + a couple to say “chinese people suck.”_ 5. When is mol day? _That would be spelled “mole” day._ 6. WHAT is mol day? _see # 5._ 7. What is the value of 1 mol? _Valuable enough that Avogadro spent some time coming up with a number for it._ 8. How many sig figs in the following number: 10.85012000 _Zero._ 9. Write the number in question 8 in scientific notation. _18.85012000e+0_ 10. Whats the difference in degrees C between 0 Celcius and 0 Kelvin? - 0K = 273.15C\* 1. Whats the difference between Celsius and Centigrade? _The spelling._ 2. Evaluate the following logic: All Investment Bankers are rich people. All cheaters are rich. Therefore all cheaters are investment bankers. _Your logic sucks._ 3. Translate the following sentence into english: Watashi wa, neko o, imasu. _I want to go to your neck._ 4. Translate the following sentence into english: Jose Luis vive en Mexico. El gusta juger futbol. _Jose Luis revived Mexico. The taste of the jugular futility could fill a bowl._ 5. Translate the following sentence into english: Kako ste vie? _Where is the city of kakostevie?_ 6. Translate the following sentence into english: Cao Ni Xing (Everyone who speaks Chinese please forgive my crudeness, but most likely noone will get this). _No chaotic crossings._ 7. Using 3 straight lines, how many slices can one cut a pizza into? _Six._ 8. Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu? _A poster to the SDMB board, known for his clever puzzles._ 9. Who was Ackbar the great? _Tokugawa’s pony-boy._ ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/182 "2000-02-26T02:49:00Z")
I intended to post here everyday for the past week, but couldn’t. Sorry! 1 ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/183 "2000-02-26T02:51:00Z")
I intended to post here everyday for the past week, but couldn’t. Sorry! 2 ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Basil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sweet\_Basil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Basil)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/184 "2000-02-27T20:38:00Z")
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can… ## Sweet Basil I am NOT a hacker! ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/185 "2000-02-27T21:57:00Z")
Cereal: LUCKY CHARMS! 😃😃😃😃 * * * If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Basil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sweet\_Basil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Basil)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/186 "2000-02-28T21:04:00Z")
Ok! The “Guy Stuff” thread is on it’s way to being euthanized… Now’s our chance! Of course, the criticism will be that it was an actual thread that grew huge, while this is a BS thread designed only for the purpose of growing huge. Oh well. ## Sweet Basil I am NOT a hacker! ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Basil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sweet\_Basil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Basil)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/187 "2000-02-28T21:05:00Z")
Ok! The “Guy Stuff” thread is on it’s way to being euthanized… Now’s our chance! Of course, the criticism will be that it was an actual thread that grew huge, while this is a BS thread designed only for the purpose of growing huge. Oh well. ## Sweet Basil I am NOT a hacker! ---
**Author:** ![perkitl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@perkitl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perkitl)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/188 "2000-03-20T06:33:00Z")
That’ll do pig, that’ll do. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/189 "2000-03-20T06:56:00Z")
I remember this girl I knew once. I loved the way her hair sparkled in the sunlight. And then, one day, she whacked me in the knees with a rusty lead pipe. I haven’t quite been the same since. * * * _A hush fell over the courtroom, killing six._ ---
**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/190 "2000-03-19T19:03:00Z")
Oh, by the way, my Bar Mitzvah is last Thursday. You’re all invited. ---
**Author:** ![toecutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@toecutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toecutter)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/191 "2000-03-19T20:45:00Z")
1. If I say that the syllabic patter of Philip Freneau’s “The Indian Burial Ground” is u/u/u/u/, then what kind of rythme does it have? A really bad one 1. What is the etymology of the Japanese word “Arigato”? Arigato… Ari – for big wind and Gato: Latin for: go-to-it. Mainly used to say thank you after passing wind – big wind. 2. About how many Chinese characters are there? Weall, lets see, there is on in my office for sure, hehe. He’s a real crackpot that one… once he … never mind. 3. About how many Japanese characters are there? See # 3 4. When is mol day? Right after sul day 5. WHAT is mol day? ‘bout ‘yeah’ big, kinda fuzzy mostly plastic. 6. What is the value of 1 mol? ‘bout 5 bucks 7. How many sig figs in the following number: 10.85012000 None 8. Write the number in question 8 in scientific notation. Looks fine to me as it is. If it aint broke… 9. Whats the difference in degrees C between 0 Celcius and 0 Kelvin? Just under 400 10. Whats the difference between Celsius and Centigrade? Spelling and the number of characters. See #3 11. Evaluate the following logic: All Investment Bankers are rich people. All cheaters are rich. therefore all cheaters are investment bankers. Replace cheaters with Laywers and divide both sides by zero. There you are. 12. Translate the following sentence into english: Watashi wa, neko o, imasu. “I will ony massage you if you washee with water and git naked” 13. Translate the following sentence into english: Jose Luis vive en Mexico. El gusta juger futbol. “Jose Louis’s wivies are in Mexico. He plays football with the ‘Jaguars’ with great gusto”. 14. Translate the following sentence into english: Kako ste vie? 15. Translate the following sentence into english: Cao Ni Xing (Everyone who speaks Chinese please forgive my crudeness, but most likely noone will get this). “if you don’t have the Xing Mp3 coder with audiograbber, you might as well say Ciao”. 1. Using 3 straight lines, how many slices can one cut a pizza into? Depends on the thickness of the pizza. Eight? 2. Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu? Some lazy guy ‘toking’ in the back. 3. Who was Ackbar the great? Its Akbar not Ackbar and he serves a mighty fine moughlai biryani dish, just outside Delhi. 1. (Bonus Question for those who are Psychic). Give my name and rank in the members list of this webpage: [http://members.tripod.com/thewarclan/id17.htm](http://members.tripod.com/thewarclan/id17.htm) If you don’t know it by now, why send someone to get it for you? 2. What should the “Help Set a New SD Record” post’s mascot be? A dead horse and a whip. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/192 "2000-03-19T21:10:00Z")
As I was walking along the road, I saw a guy sitting on the curb, hitting himself in the head with a hammer. “Why are you doing that?” I asked. He replied “Because it feels so good when I stop.” * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/193 "2000-03-19T22:47:00Z")
“Guy Stuff” will never be matched. It was closed with it’s final post count at 1111. Appropriately, it was UncleBeer who had the last post. He said, “test”. Ahh - yes, so many memories. It’s like Woodstock man. You just can’t recapture that sort of _feeling_. ---
**Author:** ![abderian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@abderian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abderian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/194 "2000-03-19T23:38:00Z")
Do you really think this will work?!? ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/195 "2000-03-19T23:43:00Z")
Oh, well. Anything for my favorite Shogunate. * * * Heck is where you go when you don’t believe in Gosh. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/196 "2000-03-19T23:50:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Do you really think this will work?!? Probably not. But we can at least take a stab at beating the count of some of those GD threads… * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Powers106](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@Powers106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Powers106)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/197 "2000-03-20T03:48:00Z")
I’ve often wondered why they don’t make packs of gum for daily use - ie. 5 sticks, stick 1: breakfast tea, stick 2: after lunch sugar free cleaning, stick 3: mid afternoon tropical snack flavor, stick 4: after dinner mint sugar free cleaning, stick 5: cognac by the fire flavor. I mean, duh. * * * Even if I had a signature, I doubt I’d have room for it. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927/198 "2000-03-20T04:51:00Z")
Thirsty4 said: > [@](#): > > Wow Diane, yours are really perky. Mine are more > ( . )( . ) mine are more ( O ) ( O ) * * * A woman needs four animals in her life: A mink in the closet, a Jaguar in the garage, a tiger in the bedroom, and an ass to pay for it all. —Zsa Zsa Gabor [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-set-a-new-sd-record/14927.md?page=9)