# Things that are exactly the size you thought they would be. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478 "2018-08-29T15:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/1 "2018-08-29T15:46:15Z")
Like a bread box. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/2 "2018-08-29T15:51:37Z")
1/8 W resistors. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/3 "2018-08-29T15:54:52Z")
Seems like dull topic. I expect this thread will only ever have two posts. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/4 "2018-08-29T16:32:47Z")
Like an adjustable wrench. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/5 "2018-08-29T16:39:15Z")
Like a bolt. Based in part on the dimensions of the above. j ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/6 "2018-08-29T17:12:19Z")
I don’t want to multiply threads unnecessarily so I’ll just say right here that seaweed _tasted_ exactly like I expected it to taste. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/7 "2018-08-29T17:37:01Z")
A container of laundry sizing is the exact size I would expect. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/8 "2018-08-29T18:13:50Z")
The ten foot C Band satellite dish. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/9 "2018-08-29T18:27:58Z")
Well, since neither [Siam Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21168436&postcount=2) or [Sir T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21176484&postcount=32) has made it in here yet, I guess it’s up to me. My penis. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/10 "2018-08-29T18:37:34Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Seems like dull topic. I expect this thread will only ever have two posts. This thread is already much bigger than I thought it would be. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/11 "2018-08-29T18:41:05Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > This thread is already much bigger than I thought it would be. I was using the wrong forecasting model. Under the new model, I think there will be ten posts. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/12 "2018-08-29T18:53:07Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I was using the wrong forecasting model. Under the new model, I think there will be ten posts. You’re doing about as well as my weather app. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/13 "2018-08-29T19:01:44Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You’re doing about as well as my weather app. Was your weather app the size your thought it would be? ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/14 "2018-08-30T01:26:08Z")
The one time I held a Stradivarius, it was _exactly_ the size I expected. It was uncanny! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/15 "2018-08-30T01:43:45Z")
Just like Mt. Rushmore. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/16 "2018-08-30T03:30:13Z")
A Big Ass ceiling fan. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/17 "2018-08-30T06:42:49Z")
My older ruler broke. Had to get a new one. It’s _exactly_ the size I thought, to within a fraction of a millimeter. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/18 "2018-08-30T15:12:19Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > My older ruler broke. Had to get a new one. It’s _exactly_ the size I thought, to within a fraction of a millimeter. At the medical device company that I work for, people on the production floor occasionally use rulers. These rulers have to be sent to the Calibration lab annually, to make sure they’re still 6” long. So far, they have always proved to be the same size as the previous year. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/19 "2018-08-30T21:21:34Z")
The Trump Administration Clusterfuck thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-exactly-the-size-you-thought-they-would-be/820478/20 "2018-08-30T21:48:54Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > The Trump Administration Clusterfuck thread. 😃 At a mere 496 posts, it is much smaller than I expected. :dubious: This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 3 seconds.