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Why Do Bubbles in Guinness Sink?
(Thanks to Jeffrey Brown)
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Why Do Bubbles in Guinness Sink?
(Thanks to Jeffrey Brown)
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Snorting the bubbles, however, should always be avoided.
Posted by: Cheesewiz | May 31, 2012 at 08:53 AM
If we drown the spammer, with the bubbles move down? Can we find out?
Posted by: wiredog | May 31, 2012 at 08:54 AM
Hold on. Before we drown him, can we find out what language that was?
Sounds Yoda-ish.
Then we drown him.
Posted by: Steve | May 31, 2012 at 09:20 AM
here's another ALEgorithm ;)
YOUR AGE BY BEER MATH
This is pretty neat.
DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute .
Work this out as you read .
Don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
1. Pick the number of times a week you'd like to have Beer (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator
5. If you already had your birthday this year add 1762 ...
If you haven't, add 1761.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born
You should have a three digit number
The first digit of this was your original number
(i.e., how many times you want to have Beer each week)
The next two numbers are YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!)
Posted by: ligirl | May 31, 2012 at 09:25 AM
what is a guinness sink?
Posted by: queensbee | May 31, 2012 at 10:00 AM
can't comment, too busy filling out grant applications
Posted by: padraig | May 31, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Posted by: Spiny Norman | May 31, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Great puzzle ligirl, and it does work.
Is it just me or does the guy in the picture look like he's already had about 5 Guinness too many?
Posted by: nursecindy | May 31, 2012 at 12:06 PM
A Guiness sink is like a heat sink, a design element to soak up a specific product of an operation. I, in fact, am a certified Guiness sink.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | May 31, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Associativity and commutativity can be fun
(2B + 5)50 + 1761 - Y
100B + 250 + 1761 - Y
100B + 2011 - Y
Posted by: markhh | May 31, 2012 at 02:47 PM
i wuz promised there would be no math here.
Posted by: queensbee | May 31, 2012 at 04:10 PM
The more Guiness you drink, the more astonishing and important this question becomes. Then you throw up.
Posted by: Clankie | May 31, 2012 at 05:07 PM
This "explanation" is not actually correct ...
It's the use of nitrogen in the process that makes the bubbles sink ... a Guinness employee told me that ...
(ligirl, yer puzzle/game din't werk for me ... it wuz a year too low ... or is that part of the trick, to make me think I'm getting younger?)
Posted by: O the Umanity | May 31, 2012 at 08:22 PM