# There are no other "guests" here; I am a freak **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736 "2004-06-10T23:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![sofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@sofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sofia)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/81 "2004-06-12T15:38:38Z")
well, well, well…what’s it they say about the cat being gone and the mice? whatever… anyway, i’ve got a little catching up to do: Crunchy: thank you for the pit. i hope it’s the closest i ever get to the other place. Ogre: thanks for giving him the idea…i think. Chefguy: i happen to like Gabby. especially when they did a knock-off character of him in disney’s robin hood…“watch where yer aimin’ the thing, trigger!” jellyblue: yeah…it’s just green…no lime…trust me. Ruby: irreverent…cool. QED: thanks for the conversions. now i know why my back hurts… Dan Turk: thanks for reminding me…Hi Opal! oh…and Crunchy, although you may not _see_ them…you may imagine them all you like. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/82 "2004-06-12T15:45:55Z")
> [@sofia](#): > > Crunchy: thank you for the pit. Wow, never heard that phrase before. > [@sofia](#): > > oh…and Crunchy, although you may not _see_ them…you may imagine them all you like. 🙂 Free license to undress her with my mind! Ohhhh yeah! That’s the most action I’ve seen since I rented Porky’s 2! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/83 "2004-06-12T15:59:21Z")
> [@Kaotic Newtral](#): > > Oooh! And knows D&D to a point. Fetch the goats, dart guns and brownies for the ceremony! Better goat fetching than goat felching. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/84 "2004-06-12T16:32:01Z")
> [@jellyblue](#): > > Now wait just one cotton-pickin’ minute! I lurked around for damn well near a year before I signed up a few months ago, paying promptly with credit card, not unwieldy coin, and what did I get? > > No mentor! (I want my mentor!) > No lime jello! > No small rodents or assorted animals of sacrifice of any kind! > And definitely, _definitely_ no spanking! > > I’m _ **pissed** _. > > _Sigh_ Welcome to SDMB, Sofia 🙂 > > It’s because I joined when it was only five bucks, isn’t it? Aww, sorry, **jellyblue**. Here, have a beer and some brownies. Feel better now? ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/85 "2004-06-12T17:05:55Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Aww, sorry, **jellyblue**. Here, have a beer and some brownies. Feel better now? Mmm! Beer & brownies!! Thanks, Bibliocat… _ambles off, munching, in search of mentor, green jello, sacrificial wildlife and, uh, other things…_ you guys can keep the pitting, thanks 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/86 "2004-06-12T18:55:47Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Well, assuming the minimum number of coins, and current issue dates: > > 59 quarters @ 5.71 g ea. = 336.89 g > 2 dimes @ 2.26 g ea. = 4.54 g > > Total = 341.41 g or 12.04 oz. or .75 lb. > 😃 **QED** , why am I not surprised that you’re the one who figured that out? Welcome, **sofia**. The BBQ Pit can be very funny, and beware of Great Debates, unless you have an armload of cites at your fingertips. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/87 "2004-06-12T19:01:05Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Well, assuming the minimum number of coins, and current issue dates: > > 59 quarters @ 5.71 g ea. = 336.89 g > 2 dimes @ 2.26 g ea. = 4.54 g > > Total = 341.41 g or 12.04 oz. or .75 lb. > 😃 _jaw drops_ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/88 "2004-06-13T01:35:50Z")
Being even more bored than usual today, I hacked up a little program to calculate the masses of all coin combinations of quarters, nickels and dimes which add up to $14.95 with the following results: > [@](#): > > Number of combinations: 4,060 > Highest mass: 1495.00 g (0 quarters, 0 dimes, and 299 nickels) > Lowest mass: 337.93 g (1 quarteer, 147 dimes, and 0 nickels) If this isn’t mundane and pointless, I don’t know _what_ is! ---
**Author:** ![sofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@sofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sofia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/89 "2004-06-13T03:10:56Z")
mudane…pointles…yes. but you don’t have to lug that purse around. (thanks for the heads-up, ivylass) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/90 "2004-06-14T10:15:35Z")
Welcome Sofia! It’s good to have someone so…blah, blah, blah…so enjoy your time here and, I’m sure you’ll…blah, blah, blah, blah…for the boards. Good Goddess, it must be late, I just pictured Q.E.D. puking up code out onto green shag carpeting. I need sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/91 "2004-06-14T13:26:38Z")
For completeness, $14.95 with Sacagawea dollar coins: 14 golden dollars @ 8.1 g = 113.4 g ([Specs](http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/golden_dollar_coin/index.cfm?action=golden_dollar_specs)) 3 quarters @ 5.71 g = 17.13 g 2 dimes @ 2.26 g = 4.52 g Total mass = 135.05 g, weighing 4.82 oz. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736/92 "2004-06-14T13:32:11Z")
Has anyone pitted **sofia** yet? Why not? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-no-other-guests-here-i-am-a-freak/249736.md?page=4)