bonanova Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 My freshman physics prof drew these on the board one morning. He asked, if the thing on the left is a centimeter, what is the thing on the right? Your turn (spoilers please.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Not Rats Reveal hidden contents Urgh. I mean Erg. Ha ha. That's a good one bn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 Reveal hidden contents Exameter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 Reveal hidden contents a dead bug Reveal hidden contents distant relative Reveal hidden contents diameter Reveal hidden contents wentameter - or beentameter Reveal hidden contents Schrodinger's Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 Reveal hidden contents Kick-O-Meter? Legs are still moving! (I really like Plainglaized's diameter!) Reveal hidden contents In the Afrikaans language a bug is called a tor. The bug on the right therefore looks like a faktor (English = factor). But in an abstract sense! Not being rude in any way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 Reveal hidden contents ... the "a" in faktor sounds like "u" as in stuff and the "o" as in or. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted February 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 plainglazed is closest so far (but I can’t say which of his guesses). Remember it’s a physics question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 Maybe far out, but still something to consider ... Reveal hidden contents "Centimeter" has an anagram: REMITTENCE. Using this word in the sense of "temporary abatement without actual cessation" (to abate meaning "to cause to cease"). The picture on the right indicates that the bug appears dead, but the legs are still moving! So only temporarily declined/subsided/dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 Four feet in the air ... Reveal hidden contents Tetrameter (four metrical feet in poetry)? But not dimeter (two metrical feet) Reveal hidden contents Pedometer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted February 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 OK a clue ( and it was plainglazed third answer that's close ) Reveal hidden contents it has to do with death or, more precisely, near death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 Reveal hidden contents voltmeter? shockmeter? decimeter/decimator? Probably that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted February 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 Final clue Reveal hidden contents Answer has three letters Repeating an earlier comment, Reveal hidden contents plainglazed's third guess is like a phonetic clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 Lytic.?.... Reveal hidden contents Parameter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 had thought perhaps Reveal hidden contents kilometer - since also measure of distance but not fitting the clues then perhaps Reveal hidden contents dyne - assume from some unknown force but now one too many letters. or the bug's obvious lack of energy could be the result of a foot pound. rats, still thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) Reveal hidden contents lie Edited February 14, 2018 by rocdocmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) Reveal hidden contents ... or merely die Edited February 14, 2018 by rocdocmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted February 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 On 2/14/2018 at 8:49 PM, plainglazed said: had thought perhaps Reveal hidden contents kilometer - since also measure of distance but not fitting the clues then perhaps Reveal hidden contents dyne - assume from some unknown force but now one too many letters. or the bug's obvious lack of energy could be the result of a foot pound. rats, still thinking Expand Sizzling. Now finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Reveal hidden contents hie (= go quickly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Reveal hidden contents dud? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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My freshman physics prof drew these on the board one morning.
He asked, if the thing on the left is a centimeter, what is the thing on the right?
Your turn (spoilers please.)
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