Comment On Variable Shrimp

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First Timedout?

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This 4 word comment takes 10 words to read, and contains 7 words.

Perhaps they mean "minute shrimp" ("my-newt", meaning "small") as opposed to "minute shrimp" ("minnit", meaning 60 seconds). Still doesn't explain where the extra 3 mins difference between preparation and cooking time went.

No lies, they are just very, very, very small (minute even)

No, that should be 4 tiny shrimp... That's why it only takes 10 and 7 minutes respectively.

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I've got it!

10-7=4

Tino:

I've got it!

10-7=4

Ummmm... Yea, enough said. Note to self: check work with calculator before posting.

Anonymous:

Tino:

I've got it!

10-7=4

Ummmm... Yea, enough said. Note to self: check work with calculator before posting.

Note to self: check work with irony meter before posting.

10 minutes to prepare the shrimp before they are ready to be cooked then 7 more minutes to cook them.

Manchester has a long history of faulty information signs, just check out the infamous "System Fault" on Oxford Road.

Or perhaps they're tiny shrimp... minute in size as opposed to time-frame?

Ryuzaki:

First Timedout?

There is a bus company in that area called First...

Anonymous:

Tino:

I've got it!

10-7=4

Ummmm... Yea, enough said. Note to self: check work with calculator before posting.

Note to self: use a base-9 calculator

Addendum (2008-12-03 02:13):
Another note to self: check comment with brain before posting

Perhaps 4 minutes is how long you have to run to the bathroom after eating the shrimp?

The spicy shrimp will cook in 4 minutes, for extremely low values of 7. No WTF here.

A base-9 calculator would return 2. He needs a base-11 calculator (and you need one too)

Other people from Manchester visit this site? Damn, that surprises me; I'd have thought I'm the only one.

Smash King:

A base-9 calculator would return 2. He needs a base-11 calculator (and you need one too)

no, I think he needs a base 10 calculator & some maths lessons!!!

I can't believe how slow you folks are today.

It is painfully obvious that the "Did you know?" dialog needs buttons reading "Yes" "No" and "File not found".

At least the bus only timed out. The car park really took offence at the new parking meters...



http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/990185.rude_awakening_for_dawn_drivers/

AdT:

Anonymous:

Tino:

I've got it!

10-7=4

Ummmm... Yea, enough said. Note to self: check work with calculator before posting.

Note to self: check work with irony meter before posting.

Note to self: look up irony before misusing the word like the rest of the world

Nik_Doof:

Manchester has a long history of faulty information signs, just check out the infamous "System Fault" on Oxford Road.

Does it still do that? I have a photo from 2003 of System Fault on a manc parking sign.

Does "cleaniness" bear the same relationship to "clean" that "truthiness" bears to truth?

How do you test cleanliness? Lick the toilet seat and then wait to see if you get ill?!!!

No comment. But I really wanted to get involved.

Laboratory tests tend to be a bit more effective.

ParkinT:

How do you test cleanliness? Lick the toilet seat and then wait to see if you get ill?!!!

Yes, actually. If it tastes like menthol, you're golden.

ParkinT:

How do you test cleanliness? Lick the toilet seat and then wait to see if you get ill?!!!

Sure, but you have to wait at the bus stop. While eating 4 minute shrimp. After cooking for 7 minutes.

TarquinWJ:

Perhaps they mean "minute shrimp" ("my-newt", meaning "small") as opposed to "minute shrimp" ("minnit", meaning 60 seconds). Still doesn't explain where the extra 3 mins difference between preparation and cooking time went.

Well, that's what it says: "minute" as in "tiny". If they meant "shrimp that takes four minutes to cook", then they should have written "4-minute ... shrimp", that is, they should have put in a hyphen. But hey, who needs punctuation? It's far more fun to be ambiguous! :)

Rockafellow:

Other people from Manchester visit this site? Damn, that surprises me; I'd have thought I'm the only one.

Naah, there's loads of us. The SYSTEM FAULT signs on those parking things aren't Manc specific though, you get them pretty much anywhere with one of those city-wide parking spaces things (I'm sure I've seen that in both Birmingham and Lancaster, off the top of my head).

You can rule out minute meaning small as the recipe requires 24 jumbo shrimps

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/4-minute-spicy-garlic-shrimp-recipe/index.html

Tino:

I've got it!

10-7=4

But that doesn't make sense: it'd have to be 10 + 7 = 4. Base -11, anyone?

I hate to bring a sense of reality to the world (who am I kidding, no I don't! I also laugh when children drop ice-creams: I'm just that kind of sociopath ;^) ) but if you read the recipe it recommends cooking the shrimp for "about 3 minutes" then throwing in a few other ingredients, giving it a quick stir, then serving. So I guess the 4 minutes in the title is the actual length of time taken from putting things in the pan, and the extra 3 minutes is the time taken to heat the pan and oil up? So the title isn't *completely* goofy. Although it is rather akin to refering to a "30 minutes banana cake" which everyone knows will take upwards of an hour to prep, mix and bake from scratch...

dave:

You can rule out minute meaning small as the recipe requires 24 jumbo shrimps

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/4-minute-spicy-garlic-shrimp-recipe/index.html

To make matters worse, here are the cooking instructions that say the actual shrimp apparently only take 3 minutes to cook.

"Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, garlic, red pepper flakes and shrimp. Season with grill seasoning or salt and pepper and cook shrimp 3 minutes or until just pink. Toss with lemon zest, juice and chopped parsley. Remove shrimp to a serving platter leaving the garlic cloves in the pan."

You know, if the entire world uses a word to mean X, then the word means X. That's what "meaning" is.

Just saying.

Can anyone who reads Hong-Kong-ian translate what is written above "Test in Progress"? Is it accurately translated, or is this another automated translation error WTF?

No, no, they're minute shrimp, as in tiny.

So it's a recipe telling you how to spend 17 minutes cooking four insignificantly proportioned shrimp.

IT Girl:

AdT:

Anonymous:

Tino:

I've got it!

10-7=4

Ummmm... Yea, enough said. Note to self: check work with calculator before posting.

Note to self: check work with irony meter before posting.

Note to self: look up irony before misusing the word like the rest of the world

Note to self: look up how to look up look up tooling before reinventing the wheel as I wouldn't want to look silly by looking up how to look up look up tooling when someone else has already done this. They've possibly done it by dividing by 1,000.

Anon:

Perhaps 4 minutes is how long you have to run to the bathroom after eating the shrimp?

Being that it's a Rachel Ray recipe, I'd say it's probably got so much oil and fat in it, that after eating you have 4 minutes left to live.

IT Girl:

AdT:

Anonymous:

Tino:

I've got it!

10-7=4

Ummmm... Yea, enough said. Note to self: check work with calculator before posting.

Note to self: check work with irony meter before posting.

Note to self: look up irony before misusing the word like the rest of the world

From Merriam-Webster:

Irony:

1: a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning —called also Socratic irony

False conception: Shrimp that take 11+7 minutes to prepare can be rightly called "4 minute shrimp". Pretense of ignorance: "11-7=4". Willingness to learn from others: the unstated challenge to explain things such that they make sense.

2 a: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b: a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c: an ironic expression or utterance

Literal meaning: "I think 11-7=4." Intended meaning: "Calling it 4 minute shrimp is as dumb as thinking 11-7=4."
(By the way, "sardonic" means "derisively mocking")

3 a (1): incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2): an event or result marked by such incongruity

Normal or expected event: explanations make sense, or at least have no obvious flaws. Actual event: purported explanation makes no sense, and in fact has a glaring flaw.

3 b: incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play —called also dramatic irony tragic irony

Tino is playing the dumb forum participant who doesn't understand simple math. Anonymous is a charachter in the drama who doesn't understand the incongruity of the situation and the words used. We, the audience, are in on the joke, and understand completely what the intent of Tino's words were.

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SomeCoder:

Anon:

Perhaps 4 minutes is how long you have to run to the bathroom after eating the shrimp?

Being that it's a Rachel Ray recipe, I'd say it's probably got so much oil and fat in it, that after eating you have 4 minutes left to live.

Yummo!

IT Girl:

AdT:

Anonymous:

Tino:

I've got it!

10-7=4

Ummmm... Yea, enough said. Note to self: check work with calculator before posting.

Note to self: check work with irony meter before posting.

Note to self: look up irony before misusing the word like the rest of the world

i⋅ro⋅ny1   /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]

–noun, plural -nies. 1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

as in saying "I've got it" and then clearly demonstrating that you don't.

Steve H:

You know, if the entire world uses a word to mean X, then the word means X. That's what "meaning" is.

Just saying.

*cough* You might want to look up the "meaning" of "homonym"

"Every time I refreshed the page," Arlen Phillips wrote

Argh argh argh! That picture is clearly from Firefox, so why is this doofus using Microsoft's dumb terminology for a browser's reload function?

campkev:

as in saying "I've got it" and then clearly demonstrating that you don't.

Ah, the irony... ;^)

To those that could not follow the recipe:

- gather all the ingredients and tools (prep): estimated time 7 minutes
- heat the skillet: estimated time 6 minutes
- add ingredients to skillet: estimated time 1 minute
- wait for shrimp to cook: estimated time 3 minutes

Prep Time: 7 minutes
Total cook time: 10 minutes
Total time shrimp in the skillet: 4 minutes
Total time: 17 minutes

PseudoBovine:

Can anyone who reads Hong-Kong-ian translate what is written above "Test in Progress"? Is it accurately translated, or is this another automated translation error WTF?

It is an accurate translation of the Chinese ("測試進行中").

The recipe is named "4-minutes", but I suppose someone actually tried to make it, and it actually took them 17.

This is typical with a lot of RR recipes.