Answer......A cheese board, again ?

Stinky Bishop ?...Mrs T bought some of that once....I had to leave the house..... The smell was similar to a decaying hedgehog. 
Cheese - Phil

I think it's 50lbs.

1% of 100lbs is 1lb. If the water is reduced to 98% then the amount of jelly is doubled but it still weighs 1lb therefore the water must be halved.

Is that noise in the background the sounds of my maths teacher spinning in his grave?

To be fair, when it came to exams the Maths department suggested I study French 

Mrs T concurs.....So do I.
Cheers - Phil

If the amount of non-water is 1lb, then for 1lb to be 2%, the jelly would need to weigh 50lb.

Same answer - different route.


We're probably both wrong - FSN

Quote from: Techno on 14 February 2015, 02:32:48 PM
Stinky Bishop ?...Mrs T bought some of that once....I had to leave the house..... The smell was similar to a decaying hedgehog. 

Don't you hate it when you can't enjoy your decaying hedgehog because someone is eating cheese?

What flavour was the jelly?

Fish?

You're codding, surely

Skating on thin ice fsn, besides, surely it should be eel flavoured?

Salmon tell him it's getting boring!

This is a SERIOUS forum so I don't want anyone being silly, even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say 'fish'. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu7vySQbgXI

The answer is - the jelly would now weigh 50 pounds!

When the jelly weighs 100 pounds, it is 99% water. That means that it is 1% non-water, and this non-water component of the jelly must weigh one pound.

After evaporation, the non-water component accounts for 2% of the weight of the jelly. So 2% of the jelly weighs one pound. Scaling this up, we see that, if 2% weighs one pound, then the entire jelly must weigh fifty pounds.

Congratulations to Ithoriel for being the first to submit the correct answer (Sacre Bleu! In your face, Maths Teacher!) and to everyone else for also getting it right. Huzzah!  


Jellyfish, eh?  

Apparently, jellyfish have no brains but have survived for millions of years. Hope for some of us yet, eh? (me included)

 .... talking of jellyfish (who was?) .......

Primary School Children Writing About The Sea

1) This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles. (Kelly age 6)

2) Oysters' balls are called pearls. (James age 6)

3) If you are surrounded by sea you are an Island . If you don't have sea all round you, you are incontinent. ( Wayne age 7)

4) Sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson. She's not my friend no more. (Kylie age 6)

5) A dolphin breaths through an arsehole on the top of its head. (Billy age 8 )

6) My dad goes out in his boat, and comes back with crabs. (Emily Burniston age 5)

7) When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the ocean. Sometimes, when the wind didn't blow, the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they would be better off eating beans. (William age 7)

8 ) I like mermaids. They are beautiful, and I like their shiny tails. How do mermaids get pregnant? (Helen age 6)

9) I'm not going to write about the sea. My baby brother is always screaming and being sick, my Dad keeps shouting at my Mum, and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can't think what to write. (Amy age 6)

10) Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves into chargers. (Christopher age 7)

11) When you go swimming in the sea, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small. (Kevin age 6)

12) Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Two divers can't go down alone, so they have to go down on each other.
(Becky age 8 )

Apocryphally,"The Ancient Britains lived in houses of mud and sticks and had nothing but rough mating on the floor"

I suspect it's not real ... but it so should be

Should this be in a Fifty Shades of Grey thread?