tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post4169065114457714165..comments2024-03-19T10:54:26.547+00:00Comments on Real cycling: Bike Monopoly 21: StrandRob Ainsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-74625672134843392242009-10-09T11:02:05.476+01:002009-10-09T11:02:05.476+01:00I'm embarrassed now. Sorry Rob. Good on you Ga...I'm embarrassed now. Sorry Rob. Good on you Gareth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-39485851209901460912009-10-08T16:22:14.538+01:002009-10-08T16:22:14.538+01:00Bananas were 12p each in Tesco's on Walworth R...Bananas were 12p each in Tesco's on Walworth Rd this morning, making £220 equivalent to 1,833 bananas. Which could power Gareth for 27,500km, enough to get to Sydney via Vladivostok or something.Rob Ainsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-29962210713778899752009-10-08T15:53:41.817+01:002009-10-08T15:53:41.817+01:00You've all gone bananas.
If 310 km = 31 banan...You've all gone bananas.<br /><br />If 310 km = 31 bananas, then 1 banana = 10 km and 0.8 km = 0.08 bananas. Which is approximately a 12th of a banana, not an 80th.<br /><br />BUT, three-quarters of a mile is about 1.2 km, not 0.8 km. Which would be 0.12 bananas, which is about an eighth, so Rob was right in the first place.<br /><br />Personally, I find that a banana is good for about 15 km. Maybe I'm a bit smaller than Matthaus, or maybe my bananas are bigger than his ...Gareth Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405124248006286547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-33861183247340070612009-10-08T10:42:19.429+01:002009-10-08T10:42:19.429+01:00I can't make up my mind whether I'm impres...I can't make up my mind whether I'm impressed or not! <br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />JonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-33499575941406165672009-10-07T17:09:19.549+01:002009-10-07T17:09:19.549+01:00Remember I am the author of, among other things, &...Remember I am the author of, among other things, 'Bluff Your Way in Maths', which has been reprinted in about 12 languages including Hungarian and Slovak (I'm not making this up).Rob Ainsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-66143795592964847232009-10-07T17:06:44.603+01:002009-10-07T17:06:44.603+01:00Doh, you're right - one-eightieth of a banana....Doh, you're right - one-eightieth of a banana.<br /><br />You expect a mathematician to be good at arithmetic? When you get to degree level the answer to everything is one, zero, pi, or infinity - you stop seeing other numbers completely. Never play darts with a mathematician.Rob Ainsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-63322635227325289082009-10-07T11:44:59.310+01:002009-10-07T11:44:59.310+01:00Surely that should be one-eightieth of a banana if...Surely that should be one-eightieth of a banana if the Strand is 0.8km. For a £220 you could buy maybe 44 copies of Roxyy Music's 'For Your Pleasure' CD featuring the marvellous "Do the Strand". <br /><br />As Bryan Ferry never sang:<br /><br />Banana<br />Is a nice fruit<br />Yellow<br />It gives you energy<br />But it can´t beat Strand powerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-46565638996504618082009-10-06T17:14:05.140+01:002009-10-06T17:14:05.140+01:00He was also eating cakes so large that the earth i...He was also eating cakes so large that the earth is under collision threat from smaller asteroids. He was two metres tall and called Matthaus, and told us lots of amusing stories about East Germany before the wall came down.Rob Ainsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-62639836330740435532009-10-06T10:14:40.366+01:002009-10-06T10:14:40.366+01:00Is that all this recumbant German ate, or was this...Is that all this recumbant German ate, or was this mixed with other things too? (brautwurst and rye bread, presumably)joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381576092663945393noreply@blogger.com