PlusOrMinus

^z 11th August 2023 at 3:09pm

A large printed sign seen in the cooking area of a local pizza parlor:<

Caution!
Oven +/- 500º

Hmmm ... if it's -500ºF then it's well below absolute zero, -459.67ºF – which definitely makes it an artifact to be cautious about!

(cf. WarningSigns (22 Jan 2002), CrudeMetrics (9 Feb 2003), BumperStickerOptics (9 Jun 2003), NewsworthyMathematics (18 Jun 2004), ...)


TopicHumor - TopicScience - 2006-01-02



(correlates: CigarConstruction, ForTheVisuallyImpaired, EquationsAndReality, ...)