# Oh well Got my Thread Locked **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783 "2006-02-16T12:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/81 "2006-02-17T15:15:53Z")
> [@The Mad Hermit](#): > > Why do we always get the creepy Christians? Why not a Muslim or a Buddhist for a change? Pining for the aldeberans, are we? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/82 "2006-02-17T16:08:36Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > Um, except that “The Who” is a British band. > > Anyways, the [origin](http://www.easternct.edu/smithlibrary/library1/JustAnotherCliche.htm) of “born with a silver spoon in his/her mouth” is Spanish. Of course they’re British. That’s the point. “Plastic”, not “silver”. The intent of my post was crystal clear compared to the OP. 😛 DO NOT “um” me in a thread as serious as this. We’ve barely determined which one is Jesus. I’ll be damned if we can get a clear read on which pogo stick is his. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/83 "2006-02-17T16:22:11Z")
:smack: Of course you should, um, have realized that “plastic” and “silver” have only two letters in common: L and S. The order in plastic is reversed in silver. L is the 12[sup]th[/sup] letter of the alphabet and 19[sup]th[/sup]. Where I’m going with this should be obvious now. 12 has factors of 3 and 4. 19 is a prime number, but 19 time 2 is 38, or 3, 8 (and 8, of course is 4 + 4. This is allowed because 12 ends in a 2, in other words 4 + 4 = 2 x 4) See? See? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/84 "2006-02-17T16:26:14Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > See? See? No, CC = 204. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/85 "2006-02-17T16:34:34Z")
I was told there would be no math. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/86 "2006-02-17T16:41:17Z")
[QUOTE=Nature’s Call] :smack: Of course you should, um, have realized that “plastic” and “silver” have only two letters in common: L and S. [QUOTE] Is “i” not a letter anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/87 "2006-02-17T16:56:33Z")
> [@August West](#): > > > [@Nature's Call](#): > > > > :smack: Of course you should, um, have realized that “plastic” and “silver” have only two letters in common: L and S. > > Is “i” not a letter anymore? None of the cool kids even _believe_ in “i” anymore. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/88 "2006-02-17T17:01:18Z")
Dang, I thought I was still cool. My mom even told me I was. My mom’s name is Mary. So was Jesus’ mom. Hmmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/89 "2006-02-17T17:02:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Is “i” not a letter anymore? Is you a letter? I thought you was a free man! ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/90 "2006-02-17T17:03:23Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Oh, sure they want you to think that the Trilateral Commission’s in charge, but that’s just a smokescreen. Everyone knows its really the Quadrilateral Commission pulling the strings. Oh my God, the secret’s out. Damn it, I warned them at the last meeting to be more careful. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/91 "2006-02-17T17:16:41Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > No, CC = 204. I thought CC was 3.4596 X 10[sup]11[/sup] miles/sec[sup]2[/sup] Unless you mean the C + C = 204 (for sufficiently large values of C, I suppose). Or maybe CC is 80 proof I’m so confused. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/92 "2006-02-17T18:25:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I thought CC was 3.4596 X 10[sup]11[/sup] miles/sec[sup]2[/sup] > > Unless you mean the C + C = 204 (for sufficiently large values of C, I suppose). > > Or maybe CC is 80 proof > > I’m so confused. 😕 I thought CC (being C[sup]2[/sup]) was 186282.397[sup]2[/sup] = 3.470x10[sup]10[/sup] miles/sec[sup]2[/sup]. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/93 "2006-02-17T18:36:25Z")
There is no _I_ in “oops” but there is in “I stand corrected” ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/94 "2006-02-17T19:10:25Z")
> [@Corner Case](#): > > I thought CC (being C[sup]2[/sup]) was 186282.397[sup]2[/sup] = 3.470x10[sup]10[/sup] miles/sec[sup]2[/sup]. 😕 Aw, c’mon. What’s an order of magnitude and a few insignificant digits between friends? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/95 "2006-02-17T19:12:15Z")
> [@Corner Case](#): > > I thought CC (being C[sup]2[/sup]) was 186282.397[sup]2[/sup] = 3.470x10[sup]10[/sup] miles/sec[sup]2[/sup]. 😕 You can use the value for _c_ you learned in college; I’ll try to get by with the one I learned in third grade. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/96 "2006-02-17T19:21:29Z")
But, yes I did flub the order of magnitude. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/97 "2006-02-17T23:18:52Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Is you a letter? I thought you was a free man! I am not a number, I am a free man. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/98 "2006-02-17T23:19:42Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > Then I turned **fifteen** \* > Thinks “fifteen” in English Fifteen is much to young to be having sex on the Seine. Sex Seine should be done by someone who’s seventeen. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/99 "2006-02-17T23:23:13Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I thought CC was 3.4596 X 10[sup]11[/sup] miles/sec[sup]2[/sup] > > Unless you mean the C + C = 204 (for sufficiently large values of C, I suppose). > > Or maybe CC is 80 I noted that CC = 204, not that _cc_ = 204. I see no need to multiply the speed of light simply to express a number in hex. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783/100 "2006-02-17T23:36:37Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > I noted that CC = 204, not that _cc_ = 204. Silly man. CC=200. CCIV=204. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-well-got-my-thread-locked/344783.md?page=6)