morrowwm t1_jcd725t wrote
Don't know the Hollywood sign. What's that in bananas?
thejml2000 t1_jcda4ry wrote
Apparently, the sign is 45’ or 13.7m tall. Apparently bananas tend to be between 7” and 8” in length, so, if we take 7.5”, that’s 72 bananas high.
Or about 0.9 of an Olympic swimming pool diving board to the bottom (5m deep+10m board height)
morrowwm t1_jcdak33 wrote
Ex-competitive swimmer here. Olympic size is 50 metres.
However, the high Olympic diving platform is 10 metres, or about 50 bananas.
Long neck on them.
thejml2000 t1_jcdat9j wrote
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking of, but not what I typed. I’ll fix that.
morrowwm t1_jcdkihm wrote
Ha ha, don't mind me. Motels advertising "an Olympic size pool" trigger me.
Rickshmitt t1_jcdkas9 wrote
Whos deciding on these units of measurement. Hollywood sign, a pool..from the diving board to the bottom?!
thejml2000 t1_jcdnfuj wrote
Probably the Board for Obtuse and Obfuscated Measurements. Aka BOOM.
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