this question has puzzled me for ages
2007-10-29 06:57:32 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
How Long is a Chinaman, not a piece of string.
2007-10-29 07:01:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A piece of string is as long or as short as it is cut. If this has puzzled you for ages, then you have too much time on your hands.
2007-10-29 07:01:22 · answer #2 · answered by ceegt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is...no, sir.
This is an old joke. I first heard it, many times, as a Plebe at the U.S. Naval Academy.
It is a play on words, specifically Chinese names. How Long is supposed to be a Chinese name. In which case the answer is clearly "no, sir" because How Long is not a piece of string. And, this really is not a physics question is it?
2007-10-29 07:06:09 · answer #3 · answered by oldprof 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know what you mean - assume you are just playing. However, it is an interesting question just the same. You can stretch string. Also, it's made up of woven fiber. So is its length the simple quantity a child would mean or is it more - also can it vary and if so what's its "true" length - hmm - what do YOU think?
2007-10-29 07:04:25 · answer #4 · answered by All hat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a phrase used when answering a question that cannot be answered easily. How Long will this take, how long will this become, when will the letter arrive,
Tell me how long is your bit of string?
Your lucky to have a bit of string I don't have any.
2007-10-30 00:32:21 · answer #5 · answered by jupiteress 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it was a circular piece of string with no start and end (like a rubber band)............ then the answer is..... infinity!!
and,
No sir, How Long is not a piece of string! :P
2007-10-29 07:39:58 · answer #6 · answered by peepoo :D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha kids stuff try a bit of stretched elastic it's different every time and the same.
2007-10-29 07:06:24 · answer #7 · answered by Crazy Diamond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How Long is actually a Chinese Man
2007-10-29 07:03:17 · answer #8 · answered by ahh choo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twice as long as from the middle to the end...
2007-10-29 06:59:54 · answer #9 · answered by attakkdog 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
depends on when you cut it. i think the string around your head might be a little to tight.
2007-10-29 07:00:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋