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Good morning Roy |
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Good morning Alan |
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What time is it Roy? |
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It's exactly 7.00 am, so we can start breakfast now. |
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I'll put the eggs on then Roy. |
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Don't start cooking them until the stopwatch is ready
Alan - ready, steady, go. |
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4 mins later |
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That's incredible, the eggs took 4 mins and 17 seconds
to come to the boil, the second fastest time this season, and only the
second time that the eggs have come to the boil so quickly since 1978. |
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That's interesting Roy |
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It could be something to do with the circumference of
the egg measured lengthwise, as I have noticed an average decrease of nearly
2mm compared with eggs purchased last season. I must contact the
Association of Egg Measurement Statisticians to see if they can throw any
further light on the subject. |
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Yawn |
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8 mins later |
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Choose some cereal Alan |
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Bran Flakes it is Roy |
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Excellent. Did you know that each 1 kg packet of
Bran Flakes contains approximately 33 x 30g servings? Well, I've
been checking this out, and already so far this packet, we've had 18 servings.
With just under half the packet to go, and an average of 227 flakes comprising
a 30g serving, I've estimated how many flakes are left, and I think that
it's highly possible that we may achieve 34.5 servings, the third highest
since I started keeping Bran Flakes records in 1982. Of all the cereals
we have encountered, only Rice Krispies (record 36.25 servings) and Shredded
Wheat Bitesize (35.75) have yielded higher servings in a 1kg packet. |
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Shit, I've dropped my bowl on the floor |
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That's the fifth time you've dropped your bowl on the
floor since we had the new lino installed in 1984. Of those 5 times,
on 3 occasions the bowl has broken, but only once had you already put the
milk in. This compares with my record over the same period of dropped
4, broken 3, spilt milk 2. The new lino has a cushioning effect,
which has resulted in significantly reduced number of breakages compared
with the wooden floor in place between 1972 and 1984, although during that
period incidences of spilt milk were considerably lower. However,
given that we currently use semi-skimmed milk, the actual fat content of
milk spilt on the two surfaces is remarkably similar. |
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I think that's the post Roy |
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Great, 6 for me and 2 for you. Of my 6, 4 are from
different statistical organisations, 1 is from a groundhopper penfriend,
and 1 is junk mail. This compares with your 2 bills. The last
time that I received 6 letters to your 2 was 67 days ago, although on that
occasion all of my letters were from statistical organisations. So
far this season, I have received 547 letters compared with your 296 letters.
If this trend continues, it will be the 13th consecutive season that I
have received more letters than you, a new family record, beating the run
established over 12 years between 1968 and 1980. |
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Zzzzzzzz |