Questions you want answered.

Boudreaux wrote:

Why did my grocery store build 15 checkout lanes if they are only ever going to use 3 of them?

3am rush.

Aspirational lanes. Or maybe nostalgic lanes. Maybe a bit of both?

Boudreaux wrote:

Why did my grocery store build 15 checkout lanes if they are only ever going to use 3 of them?

All grocery stores, and Target, and Wal-Mart, and....

Half the lanes are full size, and half are Duck pin.

For grocery stores, they're for the day before any holiday. For other stores, they're for Black Friday.

Where I live in Canada, at Superstore, they are very specifically for Sunday’s after 11am. Otherwise they usually have half of the 15 or so manned. I’ve been weirdly impressed with the people they employ at this one store because every other grocery store is slow as molasses.

iaintgotnopants wrote:

For grocery stores, they're for the day before the forecast of the possibility of a light dusting of snow. For other stores, they're for Black Friday.

I see you live in the North. FTFY for the south.

mrtomaytohead wrote:
iaintgotnopants wrote:

For grocery stores, they're for the day before the forecast of the possibility of a light dusting of snow. For other stores, they're for Black Friday.

I see you live in the North. FTFY for the south.

And usually people are there to get 30 gallons of milk and a loaf of bread to survive the impending nuclear winter. We usually declare a state of emergency if the temp gets below 90 in Alabama just to be safe.

FridgeGremlin wrote:
mrtomaytohead wrote:
iaintgotnopants wrote:

For grocery stores, they're for the day before the forecast of the possibility of a light dusting of snow. For other stores, they're for Black Friday.

I see you live in the North. FTFY for the south.

And usually people are there to get 30 gallons of milk and a loaf of bread to survive the impending nuclear winter. We usually declare a state of emergency if the temp gets below 90 in Alabama just to be safe.

I always found it curious why everyone must be making french toast during snowstorms because everyone always buys milk, eggs, and bread just before a storm.

PaladinTom wrote:
FridgeGremlin wrote:
mrtomaytohead wrote:
iaintgotnopants wrote:

For grocery stores, they're for the day before the forecast of the possibility of a light dusting of snow. For other stores, they're for Black Friday.

I see you live in the North. FTFY for the south.

And usually people are there to get 30 gallons of milk and a loaf of bread to survive the impending nuclear winter. We usually declare a state of emergency if the temp gets below 90 in Alabama just to be safe.

I always found it curious why everyone must be making french toast during snowstorms because everyone always buys milk, eggs, and bread just before a storm. :wink:

French Toast Alert System

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
PaladinTom wrote:
FridgeGremlin wrote:
mrtomaytohead wrote:
iaintgotnopants wrote:

For grocery stores, they're for the day before the forecast of the possibility of a light dusting of snow. For other stores, they're for Black Friday.

I see you live in the North. FTFY for the south.

And usually people are there to get 30 gallons of milk and a loaf of bread to survive the impending nuclear winter. We usually declare a state of emergency if the temp gets below 90 in Alabama just to be safe.

I always found it curious why everyone must be making french toast during snowstorms because everyone always buys milk, eggs, and bread just before a storm. :wink:

French Toast Alert System

You've forgotten that they also purchase beer. My hypothesis is that they're making beer-battered milk sandwiches.

FridgeGremlin wrote:
mrtomaytohead wrote:
iaintgotnopants wrote:

For grocery stores, they're for the day before the forecast of the possibility of a light dusting of snow. For other stores, they're for Black Friday.

I see you live in the North. FTFY for the south.

And usually people are there to get 30 gallons of milk and a loaf of bread to survive the impending nuclear winter. We usually declare a state of emergency if the temp gets below 90 in Alabama just to be safe.

Don't worry, won't be having any more of those days in a few decades.

Mixolyde wrote:
FridgeGremlin wrote:
mrtomaytohead wrote:
iaintgotnopants wrote:

For grocery stores, they're for the day before the forecast of the possibility of a light dusting of snow. For other stores, they're for Black Friday.

I see you live in the North. FTFY for the south.

And usually people are there to get 30 gallons of milk and a loaf of bread to survive the impending nuclear winter. We usually declare a state of emergency if the temp gets below 90 in Alabama just to be safe.

Don't worry, won't be having any more of those days in a few decades.

It is mid august, and Raleigh is having it's 12 day in a row with temperatures above 90. I'd say those days are already here

Tyrian wrote:
Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
PaladinTom wrote:
FridgeGremlin wrote:
mrtomaytohead wrote:
iaintgotnopants wrote:

For grocery stores, they're for the day before the forecast of the possibility of a light dusting of snow. For other stores, they're for Black Friday.

I see you live in the North. FTFY for the south.

And usually people are there to get 30 gallons of milk and a loaf of bread to survive the impending nuclear winter. We usually declare a state of emergency if the temp gets below 90 in Alabama just to be safe.

I always found it curious why everyone must be making french toast during snowstorms because everyone always buys milk, eggs, and bread just before a storm. :wink:

French Toast Alert System

You've forgotten that they also purchase beer. My hypothesis is that they're making beer-battered milk sandwiches.

what the heck is a milk sandwich?

muttonchop wrote:

what the heck is a milk sandwich?

Good lord, man, do you not *eat* in an emergency? Milk, bread and eggs. What else would it be?

muttonchop wrote:

what the heck is a milk sandwich?

My guess is a misuse of the term “milquetoast” which, when spoken is pronounced like “milk toast”. Refers to a person or thing that is bland or boring.

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition...

Clearly, it was intended to reference what one could putatively make from the ingredients people buy...

Mixolyde wrote:
FridgeGremlin wrote:
mrtomaytohead wrote:
iaintgotnopants wrote:

For grocery stores, they're for the day before the forecast of the possibility of a light dusting of snow. For other stores, they're for Black Friday.

I see you live in the North. FTFY for the south.

And usually people are there to get 30 gallons of milk and a loaf of bread to survive the impending nuclear winter. We usually declare a state of emergency if the temp gets below 90 in Alabama just to be safe.

Don't worry, won't be having any more of those days in a few decades.

You're not joking, we currently have a heat warning in effect with the heat index somewhere near 108-113 degrees. It's toasty out, to say the least.

FridgeGremlin wrote:

You're not joking, we currently have a heat warning in effect with the heat index somewhere near 108-113 degrees. It's toasty out, to say the least.

Maybe we need to break out the milk?

Robear wrote:

Clearly, it was intended to reference what one could putatively make from the ingredients people buy...

Late addressing this, but Robear has the right of it. It's a joke. A joke!

mrtomaytohead wrote:

Maybe we need to break out the milk?

Tomorrow, my friend. Tomorrow.

What song does Tite Mites (Crystal Cave) of the Astro Bot Rescue Mission Soundtrack remind me off?

It seems like composer Kenneth C M Young riffed on a few existing songs here and there, for instance the Follow Me reminded me of the Starlight by Muse tune.

But I can't find the song Tite Mites is referring to...

edit: nevermind found it in the Youtube comments. It's When It Rains It Poors (sic) by the Twiddlers. Who said YT comments are useless?

edit2: also Jar of Hearts. Also: you should all play this game.

My boss posted this riddle on Monday. He does that, and offers a $5 Starbucks gift card to anyone who solves the weekly riddles. Normally, someone claims it by the afternoon. It's now Friday, and no one's gotten it. It's driving me insane. I don't want to look online and find the answer, but I figured I'd share the pain with everyone.

You have 12 billiard balls, all visually identical. However, one is rigged, and is slightly heavier or lighter than the others. You can't tell by feel, but you do have a scale. When you put an even number of balls on each side, it will tell you which side is heavier. You have exactly three uses of the scale. How do you figure out which of the 12 balls is rigged, and how do you figure out whether it's heavier or lighter?

If you've watched Brooklyn 99 it's just a variation of the Islander problem none of them could solve.
The solution
Please loudly declare "Bingpot!" when you claim the prize.

trichy wrote:

My boss posted this riddle on Monday. He does that, and offers a $5 Starbucks gift card to anyone who solves the weekly riddles. Normally, someone claims it by the afternoon. It's now Friday, and no one's gotten it. It's driving me insane. I don't want to look online and find the answer, but I figured I'd share the pain with everyone.

You have 12 billiard balls, all visually identical. However, one is rigged, and is slightly heavier or lighter than the others. You can't tell by feel, but you do have a scale. When you put an even number of balls on each side, it will tell you which side is heavier. You have exactly three uses of the scale. How do you figure out which of the 12 balls is rigged, and how do you figure out whether it's heavier or lighter?

Crap, I should know this but heart by now as I've seen it a few times over the years.

Edit- I got lazy and looked online. The solution is brilliant.
Balance puzzle

I can find which one weighs different in three moves but not if they are lighter or heavier. If you want to know that then I can’t think of how to do it in less than four moves.

You can isolate the different one in only 3 uses, and in 11 of the 12 possibilities you'll know whether it's heavier or lighter than the others, but there's one possibility where you isolate it but never weigh it. You'd need a fourth use of the scale in that case.

The wrinkle that you can only weigh even numbers invalidates every solution I've found online.

LeapingGnome wrote:

I can find which one weighs different in three moves but not if they are lighter or heavier. If you want to know that then I can’t think of how to do it in less than four moves.

Spoiler:

The key is re-using ones which you know are equal weight to find the 'oddball'. Do this on the 2nd and 3rd weigh-in, and you'll know 100%.

Edit: It might be easier to think of it more as finding out which ones are the same weight in the least amount of moves. Sometimes the odd one may never hit the scale.

Edit 2: Know what... you're right. Most of the time you'll find out whether it's heavier or lighter, but not all of the time. My hints don't really matter because you were doing that already!

iaintgotnopants wrote:

The wrinkle that you can only weigh even numbers invalidates every solution I've found online.

The sides have to be even with each other, you're not limited to only having an even numbers of balls on a side.