How geometry geeks get free drinks

[jfall]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs18XyY3sqc

 

[MichaelD]

He cheated. He had the napkin folded over in his LEFT hand. I watched it over and over. His fat hands hide the bulk of the napkin.

The camera angle changes quickly, so it's hard to spot. But you can see as he's preparing to wrap the napkin around the glass, the napkin is really long. As he UNwraps it, it looks really short, then suddenly when the camera changes angle, it's really long again.

Slight of hand and bullshiit. He cheated.

 

[Epic Fail]

thanks for the free beers!!

 

[jimbob200521]

Nice!! :thumbsup:

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
He cheated. He had the napkin folded over in his LEFT hand. I watched it over and over. His fat hands hide the bulk of the napkin.

The camera angle changes quickly, so it's hard to spot. But you can see as he's preparing to wrap the napkin around the glass, the napkin is really long. As he UNwraps it, it looks really short, then suddenly when the camera changes angle, it's really long again.

Slight of hand and bullshiit. He cheated.

:thumbsup:

But it'd work on drunk people.

 

[Gibson486]

I'd have to agree with MichaelD

 

[cougar78]

pretty interesting videos.

 

[Kelvrick]

No trickery or slight of hand my ass. Michael D called it as it is.

 

[slayer202]

that's the dumbest thing I have ever seen.

 

[randay]

I do this trick with my Johnson all the time, and it works.

lol

 

[MrPickins]

For the circumference to equal 27cm like they said, it would only take a diameter of 8.75cm or 3.4in.
Doesn't sound too out of line to me.

If he cheated, it's only because he screwed himself by adding too many ashtrays underneath.

 

[child of wonder]

Circumference is (Pi x diameter) so if the glass is 15cm high, the diameter of the top would need only be 4.8cm or more for the circumference to be greater than the height.

 

[coolred]

I don't think he cheated, unless I am misunderstanding how you think he did so. If you look when he first unfolds the napkin, it has 4 sections, with folds between each. When he stands it up at the end it still has 4 sections. But maybe I am missing something about when he folds the napkin around the cup.

 

[thelanx]

Even though I know the mathematics behind it, I still feel a little weird when I go buy pants and my waist size is larger than my inseam size (And I am usually considered slim by most people).

 

[atybimf]

Whoa, watch the other ones. This shit is crazy!

 

[goog40]

That's retarded. I think it's pretty clear that the height of the glass plus the other items is much greater than 3.14 times the diameter of the rim of the glass.

 

[SpecialEd]

There is no need to speculate if he cheated or not.

Just test it on a glass at home. I just tried it on a coffee mug sitting on my desk. The circumference is nearly the height of a sheet of paper! I don't think he cheated.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
He cheated. He had the napkin folded over in his LEFT hand. I watched it over and over. His fat hands hide the bulk of the napkin.

The camera angle changes quickly, so it's hard to spot. But you can see as he's preparing to wrap the napkin around the glass, the napkin is really long. As he UNwraps it, it looks really short, then suddenly when the camera changes angle, it's really long again.

Slight of hand and bullshiit. He cheated.

Do the math.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
He cheated. He had the napkin folded over in his LEFT hand. I watched it over and over. His fat hands hide the bulk of the napkin.

The camera angle changes quickly, so it's hard to spot. But you can see as he's preparing to wrap the napkin around the glass, the napkin is really long. As he UNwraps it, it looks really short, then suddenly when the camera changes angle, it's really long again.

Slight of hand and bullshiit. He cheated.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
He cheated. He had the napkin folded over in his LEFT hand. I watched it over and over. His fat hands hide the bulk of the napkin.

The camera angle changes quickly, so it's hard to spot. But you can see as he's preparing to wrap the napkin around the glass, the napkin is really long. As he UNwraps it, it looks really short, then suddenly when the camera changes angle, it's really long again.

Slight of hand and bullshiit. He cheated.

Absolutely correct imo. The napkin was folded for measuring, and then unfolded for comparison.

 

[Fenixgoon]

shens, variable diameter beer glass

 

[Tiamat]

works out for me over here on my beer glass. Its just simple math.

 

[Ameesh]

circumfrence = 2 * pi * radius, if the beer glass is 15 centimeters tall then the radius of the opening needs to only be 2.4 centimeters to be equal to the height which is slightly under 1 inch for you guys you arent comfortable in metric

if the opening of the glass is more then 2 inches then this guy wins.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: MichaelD
He cheated. He had the napkin folded over in his LEFT hand. I watched it over and over. His fat hands hide the bulk of the napkin.

The camera angle changes quickly, so it's hard to spot. But you can see as he's preparing to wrap the napkin around the glass, the napkin is really long. As he UNwraps it, it looks really short, then suddenly when the camera changes angle, it's really long again.

Slight of hand and bullshiit. He cheated.

Absolutely correct imo. The napkin was folded for measuring, and then unfolded for comparison.

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/tfinch2/glass1.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/tfinch2/glass2.jpg

Height of glass is 7 inches, circumference is about 9.42 inches, and this glass has about an extra 3/4" of glass on the bottom.

 

[Midlander]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: MichaelD
He cheated. He had the napkin folded over in his LEFT hand. I watched it over and over. His fat hands hide the bulk of the napkin.

The camera angle changes quickly, so it's hard to spot. But you can see as he's preparing to wrap the napkin around the glass, the napkin is really long. As he UNwraps it, it looks really short, then suddenly when the camera changes angle, it's really long again.

Slight of hand and bullshiit. He cheated.

Absolutely correct imo. The napkin was folded for measuring, and then unfolded for comparison.

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/tfinch2/glass1.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/tfinch2/glass2.jpg

Height of glass is 7 inches, circumference is about 9.42 inches, and this glass has about an extra 3/4" of glass on the bottom.

I agree with the math, but he still did something strange. Take a look at the bottom section of the napkin when he unfolds it and compare it to the measurement.

Note that twice the height of your glass is much greater than the circumference.