How long is a piece of string?
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This question has been asked before with no real answer. However a test was done throwing bits of string on the ground and mesuring the diameter of the pile. This gave the average ratio of the diameter to the length. What was it?
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This doesn't seem to make sense to me. A piece of string is only as long as you choose it to be before...
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I know we can never answer "how long is a piece of string?", but I was thinking it may be possible to get a reasonable estimate of the total length of string in the world and the total number of pieces of string, thereby obtaining an approximate...
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The piece of string Questions was asked by Dalmation, about 3 weeks ago. I just found it.
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Is it just me? but often when I ask someone a question they don't answer it, but reply with "how long's a piece of string" I'd like to know the answer so the next time I get asked I can tell the smart alexs exactly how long it is. Please reply...
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People usually say that when they dont no the answer to the question you just asked them.... eg. kid...
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I've just cleared out a drawer in the garage and found 19 different sized pieces of string. Only one of them is 18.4 cm long and I heard that a piece of string has to be 18.4cm to qualify. Man in pub said it, so it must be true.
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it must be true if you heard it from some guy in the pub! lol wonder what they are if there less?? ...
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How long is a piece of string
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Intrinsically a piece of string has length but that length is unknown hence the phrase 'how long is...
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i would love to know how long a piece of string is does anyone have any ideas????
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I ask this because none of the hardware shops will sell me a piece of string until I tell them how long it is!
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Why do people use that saying when they actually mean that things are difficult to determine? What's so difficult to determine about a string's length? Straighten the string, measure the distance from one end to the other. Simple, right?
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<>Actually, the phrase is indicating that there is not enough information to arrive at an answer...
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not a normal piece of string.
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