Collection of Lame Jokes

BillTre · Jun 22, 2022

Got a watermelon?
Got a dog?
They go well together for the hot weather:

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fresh_42 · Jun 22, 2022

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davenn · Jun 23, 2022

BWV · Jun 23, 2022

WWGD said:

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That would be about $500 in street value and a lethal dose of cocaine for most people

berkeman · Jun 23, 2022

BWV said:

about $500 in street value

What's that in 1894 dollars? Asking for a friend.

mathwonk · Jun 23, 2022

presumably a nickel.

fresh_42 · Jun 23, 2022

berkeman said:

What's that in 1894 dollars? Asking for a friend.

If you really found that bottle in your basement, do not drink it. Dry and sniff it.

berkeman · Jun 23, 2022

mathwonk said:

presumably a nickel.

"Find a nickle, pick it up, and all the day, you'll have good luck!" Um, that was a text from my friend...

mathwonk · Jun 23, 2022

according to the highly recommended book, "For God, country and coca cola", by Mark Pendergrast, the predecessor of coca cola, Vin Mariani, contained about .72 grains of cocaine per 6 ounce bottle. the book also contains an apparent original recipe for coca cola, using 4 ounces of "fluid extract of coca" to several gallons of other liquids.

berkeman · Jun 23, 2022

mathwonk said:

contained about .72 grains of cocaine per 6 ounce bottle

Grains, grams, potatoes, potahtos...

Baluncore · Jun 23, 2022

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_(unit)
“A grain is an obsolescent unit of measurement of mass, and in the troy weight, avoirdupois, and Apothecaries' system, equal to exactly 64.798 91 milligrams”.
0.72 grain = 46 mg

mathwonk · Jun 23, 2022

so 3.5 grams is about 80 times as much as .72 grains? hence probably not correct as the amount of cocaine ever in a bottle of coca cola.

Baluncore · Jun 23, 2022

mathwonk said:

so 3.5 grams is about 80 times as much as .72 grains? hence probably not correct as the amount of cocaine ever in a bottle of coca cola.

I expect an error in translation of the unit.
3.5 grain in a bottle is possible, but not 3.5 gram.

fresh_42 · Jun 23, 2022

Baluncore said:

I expect an error in translation of the unit.
3.5 grain in a bottle is possible, but not 3.5 gram.

Guess we'll have to wait until @berkeman's friend sniffed it.

Wikipedia said:

By 1903, 1 liter of Coca-Cola contained about 250 mg of cocaine.

3.5 grain are 223,61 mg. Hypothesis confirmed. (250 mg = 3.9 grain)

mathwonk · Jun 23, 2022

according to pendergrast, these cocaine containing products were actually recommended for babies and children, and endorsed by thomas edison, emile zola, william mckinley, queen victoria, buffalo bill cody, and 3 popes! we atlanta residents are obviously more interested in this history than normal people, but i found the book "For God, country and coca cola", quite entertaining.

Borg · Jun 23, 2022

Did you know that they were also drinking radioactive water in the 1920's for its health benefits?

fresh_42 · Jun 23, 2022

Borg said:

Did you know that they were also drinking radioactive water in the 1920's for its health benefits?

And they x-rayed basically everything for fun. And the sources were far stronger than nowadays.

berkeman · Jun 23, 2022

fresh_42 said:

And they x-rayed basically everything for fun. And the sources were far stronger than nowadays.

I hope I didn't hurt nobody! I was just a young scientist learning about the world!

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fresh_42 · Jun 24, 2022

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BillTre · Jun 24, 2022

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fresh_42 · Jun 25, 2022

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Ibix · Jun 25, 2022

As of the 12th of last month, this thread is old enough to drink^*.

^*May vary by jurisdiction.

fresh_42 · Jun 25, 2022

Ibix said:

As of the 12th of last month, this thread is old enough to drink^* ^**.

^*May vary by jurisdiction.

^** ... and kind of alcohol.

Ibix · Jun 25, 2022

Ibix said:

As of the 12th of last month, this thread is old enough to drink^*.

@Steve4Physics' #12,566 seems to be the last post on May 11th, making an average of about 1.9 posts per day over those 18 years. Awesome work, all contributors!