The MacGyver thread.

BigglesPiP · 29 Nov 2008 at 02:02

Ascendancy said:
You don't state what we have to measure the bottle in (cm/Inches etc). A 2l coke bottle is exactly 2 cans of Carlsberg and a DVD wallet's width tall.

Do I win?

Technically I suppose you could find the dimensions of such items online, and none of those items are prohibited. I think I have to hand you it.

I took a 2p (almost ecactly 1" in diameter), and a 1p (almost exactly 2cm in diameter), and drew myself a ruler in 2 colours of ink, up the edge of a sheet of paper.

Jono8 · 29 Nov 2008 at 02:05

This was a terrible idea.

gillywibble · 29 Nov 2008 at 12:55

How would MacGyver recover from such an epic fail?

Greenlizard0 · 29 Nov 2008 at 14:50

I don't understand....

SlyReaper · 29 Nov 2008 at 14:53

gillywibble said:
How would MacGyver recover from such an epic fail?

Using 3kg of thermite and a giraffe.

Larkspeed · 29 Nov 2008 at 15:04

sure but he would make the thermite from some old pocket lint, a piece of string, a bottle of white out and the dust bunnies from the corner of the room

BigglesPiP · 29 Nov 2008 at 15:11

Ascendancy's turn.

Iraklis F.C. · 29 Nov 2008 at 15:13

call michael scoffield tbh

whitecrook · 29 Nov 2008 at 16:07

just text "how high is a 2ltr coke bottle?" to 63336 and await the reply. No faffing, no messing, trust me!

BigglesPiP · 29 Nov 2008 at 16:26

whitecrook said:
just text "how high is a 2ltr coke bottle?" to 63336 and await the reply. No faffing, no messing, trust me!

I bet they get it wrong.

Who wants to spend a text on it?

LeJosh · 29 Nov 2008 at 16:41

Is it not the sin rule that you can guess the height of a huge building using angles? In this a bottle of beer or something? I did it in maths class while ago can't really remember it just now.

Ascendancy · 29 Nov 2008 at 17:16

I forefit my go, on the grounds that I can't be bothered!

Fourstar · 29 Nov 2008 at 17:49

BigglesPiP said:
I took a 2p (almost ecactly 1" in diameter), and a 1p (almost exactly 2cm in diameter), and drew myself a ruler in 2 colours of ink, up the edge of a sheet of paper.

But that requires existing knowledge of coin sizes and a pocket full of shrapnel.. might as well say you used your wangometer. Its size having been determined from the measurements all men carry out

/edit I will admit you have given me some useful knowledge I can use for future estimation

whitecrook · 29 Nov 2008 at 17:56

BigglesPiP said:
snip...and drew myself a ruler in 2 colours of ink, up the edge of a sheet of paper.

But surely you know the size of a peice of paper. Thereby negating the need to measure it??

Viper² · 29 Nov 2008 at 18:19

Can we use google?

Tom|Nbk · 29 Nov 2008 at 18:41

BigglesPiP · 29 Nov 2008 at 19:12

Fourstar said:
But that requires existing knowledge of coin sizes and a pocket full of shrapnel.. might as well say you used your wangometer. Its size having been determined from the measurements all men carry out

/edit I will admit you have given me some useful knowledge I can use for future estimation

As per the rules, you can use the internets.

LeJosh said:
Is it not the sin rule that you can guess the height of a huge building using angles? In this a bottle of beer or something? I did it in maths class while ago can't really remember it just now.

How would make your angle measurer?

Viper² said:
Can we use google?

Yes

Next question is open to whomever can be bothered.

whitecrook · 29 Nov 2008 at 19:18

There could be some glory for someone: read the last para on this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Two-liter_bottle

WIKI = THE FAIL

BigglesPiP · 29 Nov 2008 at 19:35

whitecrook said:
There could be some glory for someone: read the last para on this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Two-liter_bottle

WIKI = THE FAIL

LOL, would be funnier if it was someone here, but it was much earlier this year.