When I first heard this one years ago I was in the same boat (heh)
I kept thinking that a "cigarette lighter" was some kind of boat, like maybe a clipper or something used by smugglers. Painfully close to the punchline
lol yeah i get what you mean but it's a physics joke. whenever something starts with specific-, it means, you divide the quantity by the mass of the object. so for example specific impulse has the unit m/s (like velocity), because you divide the impulse (linear momentum, kg·m/s) by mass (kg) and get m/s.
if you divide force by mass, you get acceleration, which is always the same.
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You're on fire today
That's what you get for playing with lighter gas.
Butane is a bastard gas.
Ah doon get it
A fisherman is sitting in his boat and decides to smoke, only to discover he didn't bring any matches.
He throws a cigarette overboard, and the boat becomes a cigarette lighter.
Not gonna lie it took me a second or two to get it !
When I first heard this one years ago I was in the same boat (heh)
I kept thinking that a "cigarette lighter" was some kind of boat, like maybe a clipper or something used by smugglers. Painfully close to the punchline
I love that the joke answer aligns with the physical answer here. Water weighs around 8 lbs per gallon while butane weighs about 5 lbs per gallon.
I came here to mention that it isn't even a joke, it is a fact.
But in a way, isn't butane just juvenile water?
Butane does has a specific gravity of 0.601 vs water's 1.0
That is specific.
Pretty grave oversight by OP
actually the specific gravity force is always 9.81 m/s²
That's the specific gravitational acceleration
lol yeah i get what you mean but it's a physics joke. whenever something starts with specific-, it means, you divide the quantity by the mass of the object. so for example specific impulse has the unit m/s (like velocity), because you divide the impulse (linear momentum, kg·m/s) by mass (kg) and get m/s.
if you divide force by mass, you get acceleration, which is always the same.
Nothing can beEverything is heavier than a Bic. No matter what, the Bic is always a little lighter.I think you have that first half backwards...
Shit, fixed
Shoulda gone with "pound" or "kilo" since "gallons" of different things often weigh different amounts.
No, volume is better! It makes it a more legitimate question so the joke sneaks up on you!
Shouldn't it be "which weighs less?"
Nah, that way the punchline isn't at the end
Ah. I read it wrong. I thought the conclusion was "Butane. It's a lighter fluid."
You could skip "Water" and just hit the punchline. "Butane is a lighter fluid" answers the question.
Gallon isn’t a weight measurement, only volume. It’s not like the “ton of feathers vs ton of bricks” joke.