# Nigel Tufnel Designed My Air Conditioner **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952 "2006-06-24T03:59:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952/1 "2006-06-24T03:59:33Z")
[Photographic evidence](http://i.imgur.com/3WXnmFD.jpg?1). ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952/2 "2006-06-24T04:04:08Z")
So, is it like, a lot colder? I mean it goes to eleven right, so that’s a lot colder than ten… there’s a fine line… ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952/3 "2006-06-24T04:07:11Z")
_This_ one goes to _eleven_. Does the thing work, at least, or is it desperately trying to scrounge up jobs at county fairs these days? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952/4 "2006-06-24T04:18:25Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] _This_ one goes to _eleven_. Does the thing work, at least, or is it desperately trying to scrounge up jobs at county fairs these days? [/QUOTE] Air conditioner first, THEN puppet show! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952/5 "2006-06-24T04:29:52Z")
Why didn’t then make “10” a little colder? Make that the top number and make that a little colder? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952/6 "2006-06-24T04:40:46Z")
I am jealous, I wish my AC would go to 11. Man than must be like so much colder. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952/7 "2006-06-24T12:34:46Z")
I sometimes wonder if the hat sizes in Tufnel’s shop would go up to 11. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952/8 "2006-06-24T16:43:51Z")
I heard you can’t find those units in Boston. How do you clean/maintain that AC? Lick its love pump. Okay, I’m gonna stop now, before this gets really ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952/9 "2006-06-24T17:38:25Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Why didn’t then make “10” a little colder? Make that the top number and make that a little colder? [/QUOTE] Well, then it wouldn’ go up to 11, would it? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952/10 "2006-06-25T02:41:31Z")
Don’t touch it. Don’t even look at it. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigel-tufnel-designed-my-air-conditioner/361952/11 "2006-06-25T05:56:56Z")
Oh man, how am I ever gonna choose between LOW COOL, NORM COOL and HIGH COOL?