random quote of the moment

Lia:      how about "metric shitload"
Cyrano:   hm  
Cyrano:   well, what's the density of shit
Lia:      depends on where it floats
DontKnow: depends. runny or solid? green brown or black?
Cyrano:   figuring 4'x8'x3' = 96 ft^2
Lia:      cubic feet
Lia:      hmmmm
Lia:      I probably have that many books
Cyrano:   ok, water is 1.945 slugs per cubic foot
Vanyel:   rofl
marcie:   weirdos    
Lia:      and your point is?
Vanyel:   BITCH!
Cyrano:   187 slugs
Cyrano:   that's a metric shitload.
Lia:      cool
Vanyel:   how many hogsheads is that
Lia:      *ROFL*
Cyrano:   don't make me beat you up.
Vanyel:   come on, you dont have a conversion table handy?
*** Crazy has entered room 'Main'    
Cyrano:   har 
DontKnow: once upon a time I wrote a "/conv" routine for ebbs chat.
Vanyel:   i remember it
Cyrano:   racking brains
Lia:      conversion factor for shitload to hogshead is
Cyrano:   hogshead is 7 firkins
Al:       Lia:      conversion factor for shitload to hogshead is
Cyrano:   or 63 imperial gallons
Lia:      44.35 hogsheads per shitload
Al falls out  
Lia:      er, 4.35   
Cyrano:   what the fuck is a firkin
Vanyel:   a firkin is 1.323452345 statute shitloads
Lia:      halk a fuckin?
Cyrano:   no
DontKnow: a firkin is 63 imperial gallons.  seems like a large keg.
Lia:      half
Cyrano:   1 firkin = 9 imperial gallons.
Vanyel:   as opposed to a metric shitload
Cyrano:   nono
Cyrano:   nautical shitloads.        
Vanyel:   rofl
marcie:   nautical shitloads!
Lia:      so a firkin would be about 1/5 of a hogshead
DontKnow: a firkin is about 1/4 of a barrel (british units)
Vanyel:   how many assfulls is that
Lia:      oh
Cyrano:   depends on the ass.
Vanyel:   how many shitloads per assful?
Lia:      well a hogshead is a barrel 
Lia:      so I was close
Lia:      1 per day, if you're lucky
Lia:      anyway
Cyrano:   fascinating

				-- goddamn nerds calculating a metric shitload
				Eagle's Nest BBS, 28 January 2003