is it, though?

a stomach can stretch upto 4 litres in capacity when pushed (one source). that’s 4000cm³ (or 244 cubic inches).

to fill that capacity, the volume of a pizza needs to be 4000cm³ or 244 inch³.

take πr²h = 4000 for thin crust pizzas, if we assume the average height of pizza and toppings as 1cm, our equation simplifies to πr² = 4000; which gives the radius of the pizza as around 36 cms – or a diameter of 72 cms (or 28").

if we take a thicker pizza of an average crust thickness of 1", then our equation for square inches simplifies to πr² = 244. which gives us a radius of about 9" or a diameter of 18".

since most pizzas top out at 12"-14" diameter (thin and thick crust volume varying between 700cm³ to 2600cm³), if anything, we’re nowhere near achieving our full potential!

oh, no, no, no! booze and a goose should never go together!

they are very different in my mind. perhaps because i first came across them in their respective contexts through reading.

even when speaking, to me, lose rhymes with booze and loose rhymes with goose.

this has never been a problem for me, personally.

tag and categorize

that’s a whole other angle; one which i avoided altogether.

but i do converse in different contexts on different topics. i do like to recall things in an easier manner. i do like to do all the other things i listed in my OC.

im may have started as a conversational tool, but it’s pervaded every aspect of our lives now to such an extent that “whatsapp me” has become a generecised verb. in that process, as society, we’ve forgotten the benefits of email.

why people have moved from email to im is beyond me.

one gives up topical conversation threads with relevant aubject lines, easier search and retrieval, thread-specific groups and readers, more robust spam-filtration, the lack of necessity of a phone number, more flexible options for cross-platform access, downloadability of your messages, options to host your own server, and so on.

in return, you get perhaps a tad more convenience from an im – even that is debatable, though.

it’s high time we all returned to the friendly envelope instead of the intrusive chat bubble.

edit: another benefit: with email, you can still communicate with people who’ve chosen a different email platform. they don’t have to have the same domain as your email provider.

good erection discipline, though – what with the option to “pop out” being greyed out.

oh no, linekar is leaving motd? first wrighty, now him?

i don’t think shearer and micah can pull it off themselves going forward. they’re both good but, let’s face it, neither has the gravitas needed to anchor the show.

he likes big boats and he cannot lie.

was it found in a six-foot, seven-foot, eight-foot bunch?

enrol there before them, then.

it’s possible to make tonnes of mistakes, lose, and still claim you didn’t make any mistakes.

that’s not fodder for a pithy quote. that’s denial.

be like the tree; let the dead leaves drop.

huh. live and learn.

i guess for other species it’s pizza?

turtles eat jellyfish?

while the queen escapes punishment for emplooying child labour?