I recall visiting a Manitoba conference some 30 years ago, and sharing a motel room with Selfridge. Both the taps were labelled `C' When I pointed this out to John he said: `don't you know you're in a bilingual country' R. On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Gershon Bialer wrote:
There are other confusing things. In Spanish the word for hot is Caliente, and hence the hot water is labelled with a C. At least the colors kind of make sense. If you look at a lake, it looks blue. If you burn your skin it turns red.
Gershon Bialer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Baker" <hbaker1@pipeline.com> To: <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:03 PM Subject: [math-fun] Hot & Cold
Does it bother anyone else that hot water is indicated by "red" and cold water is indicated by "blue" ?
I can forsee a time when an emissary from an advanced civilization comes to the UN and stays in a better hotel, and scalds himself to death in the shower -- thus causing an intergalactic war.
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