trick question or not?

[Adam_151]

which weighs more, a pound of gold, 16 ounces of sand or 16 ounces of gunpowder?

Answer carefully

 

[roughcaster]

All weigh the same.

Roughcaster.

 

[wotan]

which weighs more, a pound of gold, 16 ounces of sand or 16 ounces of gunpowder?

Answer carefully

or 16 ounces of lead, 16 ounces of feathers?
They all weigh the same.

Wotan

 

[Adam_151]

I agree with you on one count, 16oz of lead weighs the same as 16oz of feathers

 

[tim west]

gold is lighter as it is measured in troy ounces twelve troy ounces to the pound not sixteen

 

[barryauid]

How many troy ounces to a pound?
Sorry Tim must learn to read properly before replying

 

[roughcaster]

gold is lighter as it is measured in troy ounces twelve troy ounces to the pound not sixteen

Yeh but,,, no but,, yeh but,,,,, alright then Tim,,,well, anyway, ok,,, that's what I thought,,, honest,,, only in old money..

Roughcaster.

 

[Alastairreid]

gold is lighter as it is measured in troy ounces twelve troy ounces to the pound not sixteen

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thats my answer tooo

 

[barryauid]

So it is the same then cause you said a pound of gold not 16 ounces?

 

[tim west]

and a pound of gold is twelve ounces

 

[noseall]

which has the greatest mass?

 

[^woody^]

The Irish club near me

 

[barryauid]

Pound-ounce.......Troy or Avoir