OcUK FACTS Thread

yer_averagejoe · 3 Mar 2006 at 20:53

Ceryndrion said:
1) 10 % of all car thieves are left-handed. All Polar bears are left handed. If your car is stolen, and you live in the northern hemisphere, there is a 10 % chance that it was stolen by a Polar bear.

I'm pretty sure that would depend on the ratios between polarbears and left handed people...

Gilly · 3 Mar 2006 at 20:58

yer_averagejoe said:
I'm pretty sure that would depend on the ratios between polarbears and left handed people...

No it wouldn't :rolleyes:

If all polar bears are left handed and 10% of car theives are left handed then it stands to reason that there's a 10% chance of it being a polar bear.

1 in ten chance of left handed thief
All polar bears left handed
Ba-da-bing. Its obvious.

If you limit it to the northern hemisphere then the percentile even goes up!

Easy.

FincH · 3 Mar 2006 at 20:58

Squark said:
Normally needed a few seconds longer though, naff, did I just admit to knowing that

I know how long it takes to cook almost everything in MacDonalds FACT

I only worked there for 1 1/2 years

Hippos can run at ~35mph for short periods of time FACT

Yeah I think it's between 42 and 47 seconds.

Funnily enough the thing that takes the longest to cook is actualy the McApple Pies...

Gilly · 3 Mar 2006 at 20:59

FincH said:
Yeah I think it's between 42 and 47 seconds.

Funnily enough the thing that takes the longest to cook is actualy the McApple Pies...

Yeah but when they come out they're molten lava in pastry.

danza · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:04

A large cat made from red plastic with minilites for eyes once woke up TV presenter Chris Evans by standing at the bottom of his garden and shouting 'Mmmmmmm, lettuce'!

The Minute Waltz is longer than one minute.

A ducks' quack does not echo.

Gilly · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:07

danza said:
A ducks' quack does not echo.

Yes it does

Otacon · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:08

Squark said:
I know how long it takes to cook almost everything in MacDonalds FACT

When I was there, I could tell you the cooking times, temps, yields, gap settings, food cost, calibration parameters... you name it.

Several years ago now though, so I think I'd struggle with todays tests

Gilly said:
Yeah but when they come out they're molten lava in pastry.

5:55 cooking @ 182'c, followed by a mandatory 10 minutes cooling. When I was there at least.

FincH · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:08

danza said:
A ducks' quack does not echo.

Wrong. They 'busted' this myth on Mythbusters.

It does echo.

Gilly · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:09

FincH said:
Wrong. They 'busted' this myth on Mythbusters.

It does echo.

Slowass.

FincH · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:10

Gilly said:
Slowass.

Geek...

Gilly · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:10

FincH said:
Geek...

Banned.

FincH · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:16

Gilly said:
Banned.

danza · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:17

A ducks' quack does not echo.

Sorry, I forgot to add:

'In an Anechoic Chamber'

Pumpkinstew · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:25

The frequency of a cicadas chirrups can be used to determine the ambient temperature as accurately as 1 degree centigrade FACT!

A total solar eclipse with halo occurs because, by sheer coincidence, the Sun is 200 times further away from us than the moon and 200 times larger FACT!

There is no 'I' in 'Team' FACT!

Omicron · 3 Mar 2006 at 21:59

Gilly said:
No it wouldn't

If all polar bears are left handed and 10% of car theives are left handed then it stands to reason that there's a 10% chance of it being a polar bear.

1 in ten chance of left handed thief
All polar bears left handed
Ba-da-bing. Its obvious.

I'm trying to work out if you're actually serious about that or not (given it's a false implication).

Psyk · 3 Mar 2006 at 22:03

Pumpkinstew said:
There is no 'I' in 'Team' FACT!

But there is a 'me'.

Barbie · 3 Mar 2006 at 22:04

Pumpkinstew said:
There is no 'I' in 'Team' FACT!

But there is a ME

<edit>Damn, just a gnats too slow

</edit>

chrisd · 3 Mar 2006 at 22:15

yer_averagejoe said:
I'm pretty sure that would depend on the ratios between polarbears and left handed people...

Ahahahaha.

That's probably the funniest thing i've ever read.

fini · 3 Mar 2006 at 22:22

I thought the duck fact that people were searching for is thus: Ducks exhibit the highest frequency of gay rape out of any animal. If their 'partner' dies whilst trying to get away the duck will rape the corpse none-the-less.

fini

iCraig · 3 Mar 2006 at 22:37

Sic said:
You may lead a cow upstairs, but not back down

Imagine the poor sod who found that out the hard way

"Ok Daisy, down ya go"

"Sorry Guv, I can't down the stairs, my joints don't moooooove that way"

"I don't care about your joints! My wife will be home in 5 minutes, get down the bloody stairs!"

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