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From: phillips@cisden.UUCP (Tom Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: feathers vs. gold  **SPOILER**
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Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 16:45:33 EST
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In article <902@ecsvax.UUCP> hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) writes:
>> 
>>   This is an old two part riddle.
>> 
>> I) Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?
>
>   One pound of feathers weighs 453.59 grams.
>   One pound of  gold    weighs 373.2  grams.
                          ^^^^^^        ^^^^^
No it doesn't.  It has a mass of 373.2 grams.  It weighs about 3.66 Newtons.
Et cetera.
>> --henry schaffer
>   For many years I have been afraid that this riddle would become
>outdated - but I have feared for naught - it doesn't look as if we
>will ever go metric.
           Why go metric when no one understands the difference between mass
and weight?
>--henry
>P.S. Don't blame me, this is the way these things are weighed and
                                                       ^^^^^^^
You are unfortunately right.
>sold in standard commercial circles.

				Tommy Phillips
				cisden!phillips