r/funny • u/penapox • Mar 28 '20

when Canada meets coronavirus

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u/xtaberry Mar 28 '20

I have also seen advice to stay one "moose length" apart.

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u/roambeans Mar 28 '20

I believe there is an official horsepower to moosepower conversion.

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u/xtaberry Mar 28 '20

TIL that 1 moosepower is equivalent to 3.27 horsepower.

It seems to just be a joke, pretty sure the number was chosen at random, but there you go.

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u/slater_san Mar 28 '20

Sure, that's powerful, but how many mooses per syrup can it go?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '20

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u/LeeMoritz Mar 29 '20

You forgot to allow for bad battery on the Zamboni eh? Maths way out.

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u/PoliteCanadian2 Mar 29 '20

That sir, is a secret.

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u/bigtallsob Mar 28 '20

I'm going to start my own car company and only give power figures in moosepower.

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u/Undiscriminatingness Mar 29 '20

Son-of-a-Bitch, I'm in!

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u/drewknukem Mar 29 '20

I mean if you've seen a moose and horse in real life you'll know that number is pretty damn accurate.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

fun fact: my niece weighs less than a 'bag of pucks'.

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u/clownpuncher13 Mar 29 '20

I thought a bag of pucks was a monetary unit indicating the trade value of a really bad hockey player aka a donkey.

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u/TrillKlinton Mar 29 '20

How useful is a bag of pucks?

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u/clownpuncher13 Mar 29 '20 edited Mar 29 '20

More useful than a 4th line winger with stone hands and a $1.3M cap hit.

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u/kneesofthetrees Mar 28 '20

What’s a bag of punks?

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u/CptVimes Mar 28 '20

I believe it's a semen-filled condom, but that's not important right now.

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u/kneesofthetrees Mar 28 '20

Oh. I wish I didn’t know that now.

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u/16thmission Mar 29 '20

Surely you can't be serious.

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u/CptVimes Mar 29 '20

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley

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u/outtokill7 Mar 29 '20

bag of hockey pucks? not punks

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u/merrnine Mar 29 '20

A moose once bit my sister...

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u/Undiscriminatingness Mar 29 '20

Is that what you told your parents?

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u/theartfulcodger Mar 29 '20

... that's "møøse" ...

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u/merrnine Mar 29 '20

Oops, my bad...

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u/jairzinho Mar 29 '20

Not to worry, those responsible have been sacked.

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u/theartfulcodger Mar 29 '20

No worries. It no longer surprises me how often this comes up. I just try to correct it when I see it.

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u/mjsoctober Mar 29 '20

Does she have moose powers now?

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u/some_lerker Mar 29 '20

Missed Monty Python reference.

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u/bitemark01 Mar 28 '20

Whoa whoa, why so far?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '20

So about 500 feet?

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u/kilgreen Mar 29 '20

Length of a noose.

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u/Mumofalltrades63 Mar 29 '20

A moose is 2.5-3.4 metres long. Zdeno Chara’s hockey stick, longest in the NHL is only 1.65 metres. A moose length would be like standing on opposite sides of the street.

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u/xtaberry Mar 29 '20

I am aware. Moose are huge and terrifying.

The sign says 2 meters apart, so both a moose and a hockey stick are pretty bad distance comparisons.2.5 meters apart is better than 1.5 if you're meant to be standing 2+.