...is petrol (that's gas to you Stu)  always priced with that silly
9/10ths of a penny?    

And why are bubbles always white, no matter what colour the bubble
bath is?

So many questions, so little time

Jen

Jennifer  wrote:

> ...is petrol (that's gas to you Stu)  always priced with that silly
> 9/10ths of a penny?    

Thinking about the price of petrol gives a lot of people gas - 
especially here in the US where the value of the dollar has dropped 
to again to a new low.  Thank God (or somebody) for George Bush!

They started that 9/10 stuff years ago when petrol was relatively 
cheap, and 1/10, multiplied by, say, ten gallons, was not an 
insignificant sum.  They do it for the same reasons things are sold 
in the store for a certain number of points, ".99".  Retailers think 
it conveys a message of being less expensive when, really, it's not.

> And why are bubbles always white, no matter what colour the bubble
> bath is?

The reason is that the bubbles aren't really white, they just look 
white because they are so thin.  It's sort of like why the sky is 
blue - it's really black, but the light bouncing off invisible 
particles of the air make it look blue.  I'm sure the physics geeks 
can give a more precise explanation.
 
> So many questions, so little time

When my son was small I expected him to ask questions like this - why 
is the sky blue, how do birds fly, etc.  And I was all prepared for 
those.  But instead he asked questions like this one, when he was 
barly nine years old, he asked to a Catholic priest he was introduced 
to: "Why does the Catholic church think you need to be fruitful and 
multiply when the world is overpopulated with 5.5 billion people?"  
(That was 15 years ago, and you can see that the Catholic Church is 
still orging it's people to be fruitful and multiply.)

I wasn't quite as prepared for those questions!!!

Stu

On 8 Nov 2007 15:01:58 GMT, "Stuart A. Bronstein"
 wrote:

>Jennifer  wrote:
>
>> ...is petrol (that's gas to you Stu)  always priced with that silly
>> 9/10ths of a penny?    
>
>Thinking about the price of petrol gives a lot of people gas - 
>especially here in the US where the value of the dollar has dropped 
>to again to a new low.  Thank God (or somebody) for George Bush!
>
>They started that 9/10 stuff years ago when petrol was relatively 
>cheap, and 1/10, multiplied by, say, ten gallons, was not an 
>insignificant sum.  They do it for the same reasons things are sold 
>in the store for a certain number of points, ".99".  Retailers think 
>it conveys a message of being less expensive when, really, it's not.
>
>> And why are bubbles always white, no matter what colour the bubble
>> bath is?
>
>The reason is that the bubbles aren't really white, they just look 
>white because they are so thin.  It's sort of like why the sky is 
>blue - it's really black, but the light bouncing off invisible 
>particles of the air make it look blue.  I'm sure the physics geeks 
>can give a more precise explanation.
> 

I knew somebody would know.   You got the ".99" bit wrong though.
That's a hangover from pre-decimal days when prices for more expensive
goods always ended in 19/11.   That's 19 shillings and 11 pence for
the youngsters.   The idea was to make assistants open the till to
give the 1d. change, otherwise it was too easy for them to palm pound
notes with nobody noticing.
>> So many questions, so little time
>
>When my son was small I expected him to ask questions like this - why 
>is the sky blue, how do birds fly, etc.  And I was all prepared for 
>those.  But instead he asked questions like this one, when he was 
>barly nine years old, he asked to a Catholic priest he was introduced 
>to: "Why does the Catholic church think you need to be fruitful and 
>multiply when the world is overpopulated with 5.5 billion people?"  
>(That was 15 years ago, and you can see that the Catholic Church is 
>still orging it's people to be fruitful and multiply.)
>
>I wasn't quite as prepared for those questions!!!
 
Aye, but you'll be well prepared for questions from grandchildren ;)

Jen

, Stuart A. Bronstein
when he was
> barly nine years old, he asked to a Catholic priest he was introduced 
> to: "Why does the Catholic church think you need to be fruitful and 
> multiply when the world is overpopulated with 5.5 billion people?"  
> (That was 15 years ago, and you can see that the Catholic Church is 
> still orging it's people to be fruitful and multiply.)
>
> I wasn't quite as prepared for those questions!!!

:D

, Jennifer :

>> I wasn't quite as prepared for those questions!!!
>  
> Aye, but you'll be well prepared for questions from grandchildren ;)


I think the question will be different.

In uk.singles,  (Stuart A. Bronstein) wrote in
::

>When my son was small I expected him to ask questions like this - why 
>is the sky blue, how do birds fly, etc.  And I was all prepared for 
>those.  But instead he asked questions like this one, when he was 
>barly nine years old, he asked to a Catholic priest he was introduced 
>to: "Why does the Catholic church think you need to be fruitful and 
>multiply when the world is overpopulated with 5.5 billion people?"  
>(That was 15 years ago, and you can see that the Catholic Church is 
>still orging it's people to be fruitful and multiply.)
       ^

I think they frown on orgies, they just like the fruitful and multiply bit.
-- 
Marc

Discordianism: Where reality is a figment of your imagination

Jennifer  writes
>...is petrol (that's gas to you Stu)  always priced with that silly
>9/10ths of a penny?
>
>And why are bubbles always white, no matter what colour the bubble
>bath is?
>
Run yourself a bubble bath, jump in, and we'll look into it.
-- 
Gordon H
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On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:56:26 +0000, Gordon H
<Gordon@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

>Jennifer  writes
>>...is petrol (that's gas to you Stu)  always priced with that silly
>>9/10ths of a penny?
>>
>>And why are bubbles always white, no matter what colour the bubble
>>bath is?
>>
>Run yourself a bubble bath, jump in, and we'll look into it.

Hurry up, Gordon, the water's getting cold...

Jen

In article ,
 Jennifer  wrote:

> ...is petrol (that's gas to you Stu)  always priced with that silly
> 9/10ths of a penny?    
> 
> And why are bubbles always white, no matter what colour the bubble
> bath is?

I'm not a scientist, and I don't know much about bubble bath, but I know 
that fizzy drinks have white bubbles if the drink has sugar and drink 
coloured bubbles if the drink is diet.  Maybe your bath is sugary?

--S

Susan <someone$@llondel.org> wrote:
>  Jennifer  wrote:
> 
>> ...is petrol (that's gas to you Stu)  always priced with that
>> silly 9/10ths of a penny?    
>> 
>> And why are bubbles always white, no matter what colour the
>> bubble bath is?
> 
> I'm not a scientist, and I don't know much about bubble bath, but
> I know that fizzy drinks have white bubbles if the drink has sugar
> and drink coloured bubbles if the drink is diet.  Maybe your bath
> is sugary? 

Well, Jen is so very sweet!

Stu

In message , Jennifer 
 writes
>On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:56:26 +0000, Gordon H
><Gordon@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
>>Jennifer  writes
>>>...is petrol (that's gas to you Stu)  always priced with that silly
>>>9/10ths of a penny?
>>>
>>>And why are bubbles always white, no matter what colour the bubble
>>>bath is?
>>>
>>Run yourself a bubble bath, jump in, and we'll look into it.
>
>Hurry up, Gordon, the water's getting cold...
>
You've had Soap on a Rope, now it's Tart in a Barf.
-- 
Loretta
A smile, a song, and a bucket of lard.

Jennifer  writes
>On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:56:26 +0000, Gordon H
><Gordon@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
>>Jennifer  writes
>>>...is petrol (that's gas to you Stu)  always priced with that silly
>>>9/10ths of a penny?
>>>
>>>And why are bubbles always white, no matter what colour the bubble
>>>bath is?
>>>
>>Run yourself a bubble bath, jump in, and we'll look into it.
>
>Hurry up, Gordon, the water's getting cold...
>
>Jen
>
Wow!   What magnificent nipples!

Sorry about the chill factor, I only read your reply today.
-- 
Gordon H
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Susan <someone$@llondel.org> writes
>In article ,
> Jennifer  wrote:
>
>> ...is petrol (that's gas to you Stu)  always priced with that silly
>> 9/10ths of a penny?
>>
>> And why are bubbles always white, no matter what colour the bubble
>> bath is?
>
>I'm not a scientist, and I don't know much about bubble bath, but I know
>that fizzy drinks have white bubbles if the drink has sugar and drink
>coloured bubbles if the drink is diet.  Maybe your bath is sugary?
>
>--S

<Shlurp>
Tastes fine to me.
-- 
Gordon H
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