Ten Letter Word
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1:51 PM
Sunday, May 17, 2009
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35 Comments:
FIRST POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ha, beat ya again.
ne way i think it's gasstation.
might be wrong
Gas station is two words.
By the way, the first post thing, makes you look very lame, congrats.
I think it's Gastronomy
Or if you want to get clever, Automobile.
sorry for all the repeat posts, these are just coming to me.
wha'da ya mean by Automobile, adam??
"Car" or anything with a gasoline engine
or maybe one of these
GASCONADED
GASCONADER
GASCONADES
GASCONISMS
GASHOLDERS
GASOMETERS
GASPEREAUS
GASTNESSES
GASTRAEUMS
GASTROLITH
GASTRONOME
GASTRONOMY
GASTROPODS
GASTRULATE
Automobile is a ten letter word, so is motorcycle, and they both start with gas (start with the presence of gas).
Gas-balloon...It too starts with gas.
I think the "First Post Guy" is wholly funny...I admire his/her tenacity.
Of course, I am currently sitting on the deck on a warm, mild sunny day - with a martini in hand...At this point I could find humor in Quantum Chromo-Dynamics given the opportunity.
Hummm....
Ok...So, ahh, two photons walk into a bar. And then the bar tender says, "Hey, we don't allow your color here!"
Or, how about - How many Photons does it take to spin a Quark?
None. They have no mass!
Why was Hisenberg such a lousy lover...?
Because when he had the time he never had the energy, and when he had the place he never had the momentum. Zing!!!
Take my Bosons............................PLEASE!
Thank-you! Thank-you! You're all too kind...I'll be here all week. Two shows on Saturday. Be sure to tip your Gulon...
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See...QCD can be pretty funny after all.
flatulance?
I would argue that a gasoline engine starts with an electrical spark, even with a key, both of these proceed the gas stage.
ok, in a four-stroke engine, it goes intake of a proper fuel-air mixture, compression when the piston raises to put pressure on the aforementioned mixture, explosion, where the spark ignites the pressurized mixture in order to turn the crank shaft, and exhaust, when the engine makes room for the next cycle.
So a gasoline engine DOES start with gas.
I think what you mean is when you turn a key, it spins the starter, which turns the crank shaft in order to start the cycle, that can be completely ignored with something like a kick starter on a bike, or a pull cord on a lawn mower
im sorry i couldnt do FIRST POST!!!! because my internet has been down :(
p.s. i agree with adam
unless it's an electric car, then none apply.
Yes Ari, but with even with those items you must use a kick or pull cord to get the spin started, same principle as the key and starter.
However, an engine must have gas to start, it doesn't necessarily have to be the first step, but it won't start without it (a gas powered engine that is).
The most probable answer is "Automobile", but technically, the starting process of "starting" is debatable. It could be the key, the battery, the starter, but the gasoline maybe.
Am I the Only one who thinks 'GAS' and 'Gasoline' are 2 totally different things. Whereas gas is a form which matter takes and not a form of petroleum?
I think its Gastronomy
I think that the answer is...
either a car or flatulence.
Me gusta queso!!
The key, battery, and starter can be ignored in certain situations. Like when your battery is dead on a motorcycle or manual transmission vehicle, and you are able to start by getting the vehicle up to a certain speed(the easiest way is rolling it down a hill while you are in it) while the clutch is depressed, and then releasing the clutch. The drive shaft will spin the transmission-clutch-then the crank.
We could go back and forth about this, you pointing out some way why you need electricity to start it, and me refuting it. Adam, it was pretty clever to bring up engines, but this argument has just become pointless.
P.S. The kick starter/pull cord argument was meant to refute the statement Ragknot made that you need a key to start an engine, not that. And its not exactly the same principle as using a key because the key sends an electrical charge to the starter to spin it, while a kick starter/pull cord requires a physical transfer of energy directly to the starter with no intermediary such as a battery.
I am sure there are many "correct" answers. But as a "trick of mind" question, I think most people say, "Oh, ok, I see what you mean", to the answer of "Automobile".
However people who read this blog, will argue. And most will have a reasonable argument, from something ultra simpe, like "a car starts with a key", to some form of kinetic energy, to some electrical energy.
Someone even said gasoline is not a gas. Great point.
The real "out of the box" answers that give other view points make "ToM" an interesting read.
I think flatulence is the best fit.
In the informal/slang flatulence starts with the intestinal condition of "gas". But, also, it tecnically starts with a physical gas, methane, too. Also, linguistically when you start talking about flatulence you are also by default infering gas.
Lastly, the question could be interpreted as a person who is speaking with modesty and deference. Like when a child is in the room, the speaker spells the letters of the word that could be considered crude or offensive. (e.g. - Pardon me, but I have a little G-A-S...). If so, flatulence is then the only answer...
Flatulence answers the question on multiple levels and only misses on one. (The literal spelling does not start with the letters G-A-S.) So, if you're scoring on a tally of hits and misses, flatulence is the best fit.
Plus....It is a VERY funny answer.
How about atmosphere
its auto mobil for sure
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Flatulence isn't a right answer if you think about it. It is synonymous with gas, it doesn't start with gas. It starts with undigested food and broken down by the bacteria in our gut creating gas. Flatulence is gas, it doesn't start with gas.
From the Princeton Dictionary:
Flatulence - a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Flatulence - the quality or state of being flatulent.
So, flatulence is the state or condition of having gas, not the gas itself.
"Flatus" would be the gas itself to which Adam refers.
From where the gas itself starts I believe is irrelavent to the question. (Gasoline starts from oil. And that, too, starts from a biomass.)
I believe even atmospheric air introduced into alimentary canal during a colonoscopy or similar procedure would be considered post-procedure flatulence. And who really knows the complete origins of the atmosphere? But, I do understand a good portion of it comes from the "flatulence" of microbes, plants, and trees. (Alas, cruel world, ashes to ashes - flatulence to flatulence...as it were.)
Would you prefer the cronic condition of flatulency????...ten letters, but just not a funny.
AUTOMOBILE :)
Adams right...
its automobile
Automobile.
The other answers are stupid.
WTF is wrong with gastronomy? ;)
Yea, I like G-A-Stronomy, too.
Automobile is wrong.
To clear the air...the correct answer is plasmatron: ten letters; it starts with a gas.
You may reseach it at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center.
Ta-Ta.
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