You only weight 5 kg?

(Smale is stuffed, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 6:41, 2 replies)

My story telling needs work I know
I was trying to create a scene of drunkness.
( jakedamusss I understand, and dont care., Tue 5 Oct 2010, 7:00, closed)

He meant his weight
on a small moon.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 9:21, closed)

"Thats no moon!"

( jakedamusss I understand, and dont care., Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:46, closed)

[pedantry]
He'd be the same number of kilos anywhere as kg is a measure of mass, not weight. Your weight changes according to gravitational field, but your mass does not.
[/pedantry]
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Tue 5 Oct 2010, 12:00, closed)

To be really pedantic
a) He should have given his weight in Newtons. BUT

b) It's clearly hyperbole, as "his own weight" (or mass) of wine in a single session would be enough to kill him. Assuming he masses 80kg, that's something more than 80l of wine, which would be about 10l of pure alcohol.

d) What happened to c)?

c) Ah, there it is

A typical apple weighs about 1 Newton. Neat, that.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 15:08, closed)