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An Ankoù
Landlord.
Easily said. Have you ever tried weighing a mattress?
Well pick the mattress up and stand on the bathroom scales
Take a note of the weight
Put the mattress down and stand on the scales again and note the weight again
Go and have a lie down on the mattress
Excellent idea! Except my dog won't move...
Could you not hold your dog in one hand and the mattress in the other?
Maybe...I would have to shift the other dog (s).
An Ankoù
Landlord.
Nice one Obadiah. Even if you could lift it off the floor (the weight is not the issue, it's a general floppiness) you have to hug it to you. And you can't see the scales. Neither can anyone else as the mattress covers the reading.
FEBRUARY CHALLENGE: who can come up with the most ingenious way of weighing a proper, sprung, double mattress? You then have to do it to show that it works.
Perhaps it needs its own thread
Mine is a superking monster- Im a big boy but I struggle to shift it. Especially as the bar stewards dont put blooming lifting handles on them!
The oldest condoms ever found date back to the 1640s (they were found in a cesspit at Dudley Castle), and were made from animal and fish intestines.
This is somewhat of an improvement on the welsh method, which left them in the sheep...
This is somewhat of an improvement on the welsh method, which left them in the sheep...
Banbeer
Banbeer Brewing
Almost 163,000 pints of Guinness are wasted in facial hair each year.
An actual research study commissioned by Guinness found that an estimated 162,719 pints of Irish stout go to waste every year… via mustaches. The study found that 0.56 milliliters of Guinness get trapped in the average beard or mustache with each sip. And it takes about 10 sips to finish a pint.
An actual research study commissioned by Guinness found that an estimated 162,719 pints of Irish stout go to waste every year… via mustaches. The study found that 0.56 milliliters of Guinness get trapped in the average beard or mustache with each sip. And it takes about 10 sips to finish a pint.
Same, took me and 3 polish chaps to massage it up and around the staircase when I moved house. I hope I never have to move again, might just leave it behind and save myself the trouble!
Ok - got the answer
It needs 3 of you, a plank of wood, bathroom scales, the mattress and a six foot chocolate frog
So put the plank on the scales and weigh it (weight no. 1)
Two of you get on the plank which is still on the scales and record the weight again (this is the 3rd persons job) (i.e. weight no 2)
Go and get the mattress and the two people get back on the plank on the scales holding the mattress above the dial so the third person can see the weight (weight no 3)
Subtract 2 from 3 and hey presto you have weighed the mattress!
go on, I’ll bite - what’s the choccy frog for? (I know I’ll regret this....)
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Banbeer
Banbeer Brewing
Nice one OB, you could always take your matress on a family vacation abroad (post Covid 
) and say it's hand luggage, when they weigh it and say it's too heavy ask them to post the weight on this forum. Second thoughts, scrap that, who has a bag that big. Also intrigued about the choccy frog
) and say it's hand luggage, when they weigh it and say it's too heavy ask them to post the weight on this forum. Second thoughts, scrap that, who has a bag that big. Also intrigued about the choccy frog
Did I say 6 ft chocolate frog sorry I meant a 5ft 6ins chocolate frog, my psychiatrist often picks me up on the same error
The mattress isn't really twice the weight it just feels like it because you are 10 years older and not as fit as you used to be.
