Riddle

FarFarAway

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What is it?

The man who made it doesn't want it

The man who bought it doesn't need it

The man who needs it doesn't know it
 
Here's one for ya....

What can....

run but never walks,

has a mouth but never talks,

has a head but never weeps,

and has a bed but never sleeps?
 
I gotta go so here's the answer... :)

The answer is actually feathers. We need proof though! AND SO: One pound of feathers is more than one pound of gold because the "pound" unit is different. The most commonly used system of weights in the US and Great Britain is the avoirdupois system, where 1 pound = 16 ounces. This is used for most solid objects, except for precious metals and gems; gold is weighed by a special system, called the troy system, where one troy pound = 12 troy ounces. Where one avoirdupois ounce is 28.35 grams, one troy ounce is about 31.10 grams. To convert from avoirdupois pounds to troy pounds, multiply the first by 1.2152 to get its equivalent in troy measurement. Therefore, one "pound" of feathers in troy weight is actually 1.2152 pounds (one avoirdupois pound), compared to one troy pound of gold. And the feathers win!
 
FragTek said:
I gotta go so here's the answer... :)

The answer is actually feathers. We need proof though! AND SO: One pound of feathers is more than one pound of gold because the "pound" unit is different. The most commonly used system of weights in the US and Great Britain is the avoirdupois system, where 1 pound = 16 ounces. This is used for most solid objects, except for precious metals and gems; gold is weighed by a special system, called the troy system, where one troy pound = 12 troy ounces. Where one avoirdupois ounce is 28.35 grams, one troy ounce is about 31.10 grams. To convert from avoirdupois pounds to troy pounds, multiply the first by 1.2152 to get its equivalent in troy measurement. Therefore, one "pound" of feathers in troy weight is actually 1.2152 pounds (one avoirdupois pound), compared to one troy pound of gold. And the feathers win!

So feathers then.
 
FragTek said:
I gotta go so here's the answer... :)

The answer is actually feathers. We need proof though! AND SO: One pound of feathers is more than one pound of gold because the "pound" unit is different. The most commonly used system of weights in the US and Great Britain is the avoirdupois system, where 1 pound = 16 ounces. This is used for most solid objects, except for precious metals and gems; gold is weighed by a special system, called the troy system, where one troy pound = 12 troy ounces. Where one avoirdupois ounce is 28.35 grams, one troy ounce is about 31.10 grams. To convert from avoirdupois pounds to troy pounds, multiply the first by 1.2152 to get its equivalent in troy measurement. Therefore, one "pound" of feathers in troy weight is actually 1.2152 pounds (one avoirdupois pound), compared to one troy pound of gold. And the feathers win!

Thats what I said ye bellend :p

Roughly...different unit...I said feathers were more
 
name='FragTek' said:
I answered that on the last page :rolleyes:

I know - but its a Lady's perogative!

Here you go then...

I have holes in my top, my bottom, my left and right sides and in my middle, yet I still hold water....what am I?

No googling either! ;)
 
kempez815 said:
I know - but its a Lady's perogative!

Here you go then...

I have holes in my top, my bottom, my left and right sides and in my middle, yet I still hold water....what am I?

No googling either! ;)

Sponge Bob Squarepants? ;)
 
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