Carrots aren't originally orange
they were bred to be orange by Dutch merchants in the 17th century.
(berk, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:21, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

A day on Venus is longer than a year.
Your turn.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:23, Reply)

A duck's quack does echo
despite that myth saying it doesn't.
(berk, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:27, Reply)

Have you ever read the 'pub facts' books by Robert Anwood?
They're reasonably interesting.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:31, Reply)

I have not
I have a head full of totally useless crap but my facility for recall is apalling.
(berk, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:33, Reply)

It's more about dispelling the fake ones.

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:40, Reply)

Who wrote Auld lang syne?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:32, Reply)

I've got a question.
Why are tins of food, such as Baked Beans cylindrical? Surely they'd be easier to transport, stack and store in your own cupboards if they were made with 90-degree corners?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:24, Reply)

It's easier to fold a piece of metal in to a circle and weld it
than it is to give it corners.
(berk, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:26, Reply)

But surely.
With modern technology it should make no difference? The benefits to all would be huge. Transport, the retailer and the consumer?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:27, Reply)

Possibly they haven't thought of this idea
Because they're busy making and shipping shit instead of being bored on the internet in the wee small hours?
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:30, Reply)

Maybe.
Do you think I should invest the square tin company and go on Dragons' Den?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:31, Reply)

Maybe, but I think you'd have to iron out some of the details
Before you go getting all excited.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:32, Reply)

Dragons.
I come here today, full of cider with a question.... blah blah blah square blah blah tin...

You might have a point.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:34, Reply)

It would cost more to make square tins
which you'd have to pass on to the consumer to maintain your profit margins. The consumer would not stand for this and continue to buy round tinned stuff, thus leaving your square tinned company right up the shitter.
(berk, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:33, Reply)

But if you consider the cost of transportation and retail storage space.
That cost should be a met factor before the final consumer parts with his or her cash?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:36, Reply)

You're the business analyst
you tell me.

EDIT - can you imagine drinking cider or lager out of a square tin? It's just not ergonomically friendly.
(berk, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:39, Reply)

This only entered my head 25 minutes ago.
I need to do a full analysis.

That'll take me a few weeks.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:41, Reply)

TINS
It's twenty to one, there's the whole internet out there, and we're here, talking about TINS.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:42, Reply)

Sorry Bellla.
Start a new thread, something specific that won't let me wander.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:49, Reply)

I'm not starting a new thread. I'll just ask a question.
What's your favourite book?
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:54, Reply)

Book in the singular is not possible
I have at least 10, and that's if you can count a series as just one. I have to go bed now though, so night night.
(berk, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:59, Reply)

Night night Berk.

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:00, Reply)

New thread up for insomniacs.

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 1:02, Reply)

Berk, if the pull ring was a different shape
And you drank from a corner, it would go down easier.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 0:48, Reply)