Meme Thread... no politics

kazoospec said:

...and, oddly, large bottles of carbonated beverage.

Keith Tanner said:

kazoospec said:

...and, oddly, large bottles of carbonated beverage.

And automobiles, and the entire military, and airplanes, and everything else actually.  

Only airplane speed and altitude seem to still be standard.

I'm not sure if it's not supposed to be happening, but I can get Meximelts at the stores near me.

wvumtnbkr said:

Keith Tanner said:

kazoospec said:

...and, oddly, large bottles of carbonated beverage.

And automobiles, and the entire military, and airplanes, and everything else actually.  

Only airplane speed and altitude seem to still be standard.

Feet is the international standard for altitude.

Nobody has ever explained to me, to my satisfaction, what a "knot" signifies.  But that's the hogshead per fortnight we use for aircraft speed...

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

wvumtnbkr said:

Keith Tanner said:

kazoospec said:

...and, oddly, large bottles of carbonated beverage.

And automobiles, and the entire military, and airplanes, and everything else actually.  

Only airplane speed and altitude seem to still be standard.

Feet is the international standard for altitude.

 

Nobody has ever explained to me, to my satisfaction, what a "knot" signifies.  But that's the hogshead per fortnight we use for aircraft speed...

It's a "knot"ical mile per hour. A nautical mile is bigger than a dry mile because it has absorbed water.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Nautical mile, which is based on degrees of latitude, so it actually makes sense.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Hogs head per fortnight? I drink WAY more than that...

"Knots" stems from the days of sail. Water speed was measured by throwing a piece of wood over the side. The piece of wood was attached to a line with knots tied in it at specific intervals, which were counted as the ship sailed on and the line paid out. The number of knots that paid out in a specific amount of time was used to calculate the ship's speed. 
 

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

Nobody has ever explained to me, to my satisfaction, what a "knot" signifies.  But that's the hogshead per fortnight we use for aircraft speed...

I think you are thinking of furlongs per fortnight...

matthewmcl (Forum Supporter) said:

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

Nobody has ever explained to me, to my satisfaction, what a "knot" signifies.  But that's the hogshead per fortnight we use for aircraft speed...

I think you are thinking of furlongs per fortnight...

We not want to measure length, we want to measure height!

Or something...

The joke falls flat when altitude and distance ARE measured in different units.

In reply to matthewmcl (Forum Supporter) :

furlongs per fortnight

Came here to add this but you’ve beaten me.  Well done sir... one of Mr. Murphy’s laws I believe.  

I personally prefer Leagues per Sidereal day...

Pete. (l33t FS) said: But that's the hogshead per fortnight we use for aircraft speed...

I ploughed my way through a monstrous ICAO report on metricating everything in aviation once upon a long time ago ... the best bit was in the conclusions where the committee "deplored States that paid lip service to metrication but were only inching towards it"

bigdaddylee82 said:

You have got to be E36 M3ting me, I'm a freaking fast food Nostradamus over here.

10 minutes after I posted that above, this pops up on social media.  So long shredded chicken burrito.

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/taco-bell-more-menu-item-cuts-2020-mexican-pizza

Well then getting rid of shredded chicken means I'll never be able to get my wife too eat there again.

And th closest thing I have too a grm safe meme