Chick Fila's been snorting too much moon dust...

[CMartin]

Chick Fil-a, the best darn chicken fast food place around, gives out edu-ma-cational toys with kids' meals. Currently, our local franchise is giving out little planet displays with trivia question cards.

I found to be particularly annoying. It went something like this:

Due to the Moon's low atmospheric pressure, how much would a person weighing 60 pounds on Earth way on the moon?

The multiple choices included 10 pounds.


Now since when does atmospheric pressure determine weight?


A card for Pluto asked what planet number it was from the Sun. My wife argued with me when I said it alternates from 8 and 9.

[Glom]

#-o Can't these marketing people do anything right?

[cyswxman]

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[kucharek]

Now since when does atmospheric pressure determine weight?

I guess, if the pressure is so high that the density of the gas exceeds the density of the body, the body starts to float...

Harald ;-)

[Taibak]

A card for Pluto asked what planet number it was from the Sun. My wife argued with me when I said it alternates from 8 and 9.

If you want to irritate her, tell her it's not even a planet. :lol:

[mjparme]

A card for Pluto asked what planet number it was from the Sun. My wife argued with me when I said it alternates from 8 and 9.

Shouldn't be hard to find something on the Internet to support you on this.

[The Bad Astronomer]

Shouldn't be hard to find something on the Internet to support you on this.

I remind everyone that there is a website attached to this bulletin board (http://www.badastronomy.com/bitesize/pluto_cross.html).

[Glom]

There's an internet? I thought it was just this board. :o

[freddo]

There's an internet? I thought it was just this board. :o

No internet, just this board and the website attached to it... Oh wait, #-o

[Andromeda321]

And we wonder why the "go to the Bad Astronomy website" link appeared at the top of the board today...

[Betenoire]

Chic-Fil-A is, as it turns out, owned and run by what one might call a "fundamentalist" Christian person/organization. I'll go check at my local CFA, but I expect their commitment to hard science is less than avid.

[Master258]

It's a chicken place. Science to them is nothing.

[milli360]

I found to be particularly annoying. It went something like this:

Due to the Moon's low atmospheric pressure, how much would a person weighing 60 pounds on Earth way on the moon?
I'm going to need some verification on this. Did they really say "way"?

A card for Pluto asked what planet number it was from the Sun. My wife argued with me when I said it alternates from 8 and 9.
It is now nine.

[paulie jay]

Chic-Fil-A is, as it turns out, owned and run by what one might call a "fundamentalist" Christian person/organization.

Oh great. Can't wait for their "Evolution" series. :roll:

[Gullible Jones]

Wonderful.

You know, it always annoys me when kids are given complete **, since they almost always believe it... No one else seems to give a damn, though.

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:-k #-o

[Harvestar]

Sounds like the trivia question I found in the "Trivia for Dummies" game at our local coffee shop:

How many moons does Mars have?

Ans: 3

um... huh?

We actually took a pen and corrected it.

[Betenoire]

Well, it IS for "dummies" :-D

[TriangleMan]

Well, it IS for "dummies" :-D
:lol: That started my day with a laugh.

[SciFi Chick]

Chic-Fil-A is, as it turns out, owned and run by what one might call a "fundamentalist" Christian person/organization. I'll go check at my local CFA, but I expect their commitment to hard science is less than avid.

I grew up in the town of Jonesboro, GA - the home of Truett Cathy, the creator of Chik-Fil-A. He is a Southern Baptist, very fundamentalist. I've heard stories that I can't verify, so I won't repeat them, but I've been to his church. 8)

That said, he makes the best chicken on the planet as far as I'm concerned.

As for the marketing materials - they were probably written by those cows that think chicken is spelled chiken. :lol:

[Betenoire]

Absolutely, the chicken's great. I just wouldn't want to do anything else to support him.