>Your wife was right the first
>time.
>While on the face of it
>a pound of feathers would
>seem to weigh the same
>as a pound of gold,
>this overlooks the fact that
>gold is universally weighed using
>a different definition of 'pound'
>than that used for most
>other materials.
>
>Precious metals such as gold are
>measured in troy weight. A
>troy pound is 12 troy
>ounces, and each troy ounce
>is 480 grains, making a
>total of 5760 grains to
>the pound of gold.
>
>Most materials use pounds and ounces
>from the avoirdupois system, and
>such a standard pound is
>made up of 16 ounces,
>where each ounce is 437.5
>grains, making a total of
>7000 grains to the pound
>of feathers.
>
>All this means that a "pound"
>of feathers (or bricks, or
>lead) is heavier than a
>"pound" of gold.
.................OK...? So, how many pancakes DOES it take to cover a dog house?
You don't need a parachute to skydive.
You do however, need a parachute to
skydive.......twice.
