"To put that into perspective, if humans made sperm that long and you took a six-foot man and stood him on the goal line of a football field, his sperm would stretch out to the 40-yard line," said Adam Bjork, a Ph.D. student at Syracuse University in New York.That is a long way to go to say "120 feet." While we're at it, someone tell that Ph.D. student that only 15% of American men are six feet tall or taller, and most non-American males have a very different idea of what constitutes a football field.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Sports Talk
Now, I understand that sports objects like a football field and olympic-sized swimming pool have become de facto units of measurement, although in the latter case, I don't understand why. How many of us immediately visualize how big an Olympic-sized swimming pool is? At any rate, the use of sports analogies for measurements has officially gotten way out of control. Here is a paragraph from an actual article about a recently-published biology study of fruit flies:
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I'm just wondering what is wrong with you that this is the only thing you have to discuss on your blog. This is probably one of the most idiotic postings I have seen. You raise no point. You defend no argument. You simply attack a scientist who more than likely couldn't care less about what you have to say about his work.
Many people reference things relative to other things. This is a simple way of allowing others to relate to your point. If you are speaking to an american audience, why not reference a football field? It is a better unit than a baseball diamond.
I know that it would have sounded much more eloquent had he said that the sperm would stretch 120 feet when that's just a long way to go to say "1440 inches"?
Oh, and by the way, a professional soccer field measures 110 - 120 yards in length, quite the same length as a football field. And how logical of a reference would it be to say that your average height white male (5'10" by the way) would stretch out to the 37.5 yard line? Does that sound good to ya?
Wow you are officially the dildo de jour. Oh, and that means "of the day" in french, you francophobic uncultured americentric bastard.
good day.
Boy you must get upset a lot.
Awww, how cute, you've got a Pet Troll! See how insanely he gibbers? Cooool! You are so, so lucky!
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