# Six upper, four dual **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 30, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350 "2020-10-30T22:37:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/1 "2020-10-30T22:37:24Z")
I used that formula again today, and I was wondering if any other Dopers know what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/2 "2020-10-30T22:41:30Z")
No idea. Hope this helps. :flees: ---
**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/3 "2020-10-30T23:31:55Z")
amphetamines ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/4 "2020-10-31T00:47:58Z")
My first thought was the B-36 bomber, but that was “six turning, four burning.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/5 "2020-10-31T01:12:29Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I used that formula again today, and I was wondering if any other Dopers know what I’m talking about. I know what you meant, but you used the formula incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/6 "2020-10-31T01:31:27Z")
Yeah, I can’t believe you did the old four by two, six up. Rookie mistake. Don’t forget the grade-school saying “Four below six, but only if the dual’s sick”. … Actually, I have no idea… do tell! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/7 "2020-10-31T07:40:45Z")
Is this denture related? ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/8 "2020-10-31T15:12:32Z")
I’m going to take a wild guess… Sleeper berths on a train? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/9 "2020-10-31T15:27:59Z")
@Son_of_a_Rich, you coming back? Or will we be guessing here for days? ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/10 "2020-10-31T15:40:14Z")
I vaguely recall Stephen King mentioning something similar in the introduction to one of his short stories. I believe it had something to do with manual transmissions. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/11 "2020-10-31T15:42:10Z")
It hasn’t been a day yet. We should be a little more patient I think. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/12 "2020-10-31T16:55:38Z")
WAG: Straight 6 (cylinders) with a 4 barrel carb. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/13 "2020-10-31T17:04:41Z")
Ok, this is a pretty lame puzzle. I’ll broaden the clue a bit. Six minutes upper, four minutes dual. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/14 "2020-10-31T17:08:11Z")
Everyone knows that six upper, four dual gives you 14k in a fgd. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/15 "2020-10-31T17:19:41Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Six minutes upper, four minutes dual. = Al Traina. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/16 "2020-10-31T18:05:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Everyone knows that six upper, four dual gives you 14k in a fgd. I thought there was another letter in that? We never did get an answer, did we? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/17 "2020-10-31T18:12:07Z")
OK, what IS this? Is it a reference to some work of art, or a reference to something else, or is it a guessing game? I think it might be in the wrong forum. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/18 "2020-10-31T18:12:50Z")
I was told it was Cafe related. We should be OK, but we could move it to the Game Room or Thread Games if you like. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/19 "2020-10-31T18:18:15Z")
Ok, Six min. upper and four min. is the cooking instructions for chocolate chip cookies on the Pizzazz rotating pizza oven. It makes sense if you have one. Obscure to be sure, and I’ve already admitted it’s a lame puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350/20 "2020-10-31T18:19:44Z")
…And Google has never heard of it, either. Which makes me suspect that the actual purpose of this thread is just to annoy people, and the proper place for that on this board is “nowhere”. If that’s not the case, then let me know, but in the meanwhile, this is closed. EDIT: Never mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-upper-four-dual/924350.md?page=2)