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    World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    Does anyone see a Tall Man with a hearse lurking around....?
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    So um...whats the use of these perfect balls? I don't see a benefit besides the fact that they are life size replicas of my own.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/15/09

    @dimsum4u: Maybe it's to demonstrate their precision manufacturing capabilities.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    07/15/09

    @dimsum4u: They replace the current kilogram standard.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    07/15/09

    @dimsum4u: You have 1Kg balls?

    Dude, go see a doctor NAO!
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    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!

    One can almost see MC Escher on them...
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    Image of cpthook cpthook
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    Yes, but if I walk into one of them, will millions of jellyfish descend upon us?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    When do the blades come out and try to stab people?
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    Pffft! Everyone knows that OMG Ponies has the most Perfect Pair of balls...right? Hello.......oh...what?...nevermind...
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/15/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: Thank you. When you're done under my desk, could you go pick up my documents off the printer.
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    07/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Wait...that's just what I heard.
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    Image of aaj111 aaj111
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    So what now? ... The perfect triangle? Square? Parallelogram?



    I can see the appeal, the perfect sphere. But, come on, what was the point?
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler.
    07/15/09

    @aaj111: Exactly. They're perfect spheres. There is no "point".
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark:



    +25 internets.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: Technically, they're not really perfect spheres. They're just the closest to perfect spheres that we have.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler.
    07/15/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Oh, ok, smartguy. Make a more perfect sphere, if you're so high'n'mighty. Go on. We'll wait.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: I'm on it. I just need to find my tiny pick axe.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler.
    07/15/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: I never say this because I think it's a bastardization of the English language and another of the thousand-plus cuts that the poor girl suffers from every time some twitter-fool or facespace-moron gets in front of a device with a keyboard...



    but lol, man... lol.
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    Isn't it best to just use 1 liter (litre?) of ultrapure water to measure out a kilo? And does this mean that my coke shipments have been off by as much as 0.0000000003 grams?!!?! Those Colombian theives!
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    07/15/09

    @qbrad: Those American drug addicts.
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    Image of Stubtify Stubtify
    07/15/09

    @qbrad:



    One liter of water sure, but that isn't free of any issues either:



    What about variations in temperature? Density? Evaporation?



    Even if you could measure 1 litre of water with this kind of precision, why not just make these spheres instead?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/15/09

    @qbrad: One liter of water does not have the mass of exactly one kilogram. It's just pretty close. Even if this was not the case, the previous guy mentioned the practical difficulties of this approach.



    It's also worth mentioning that the kilogram is not a static unit. It's defined by a physical object - a machined metal cylinder in France called the International Prototype Kilogram. It's mass changes infinitesimally as atoms fall off or attach to it.
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    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    all to all, by my balls
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    07/15/09

    @Nick: Don't get Ponies started again...
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/15/09

    @@prixdc: You assume I stop.
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    When does Chen get to pants these? And will we have front row seats?
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    Image of danger the pirate danger the pirate
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    make link goes to the wrong post. you were one off, jesus. correct link
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    07/15/09

    @danger the pirate: oh, and people questioning the purpose: its to alleviate the dependence on the International Prototype Kilogram.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    07/15/09

    @danger the pirate: On the what?



    Damn it man don't leave us hanging...



    Is it the dependence on the "international prototype kilogram"?
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    How long before Steven Colbert tries to buy them?
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    07/15/09

    @Homerjay here for OxyClean!: I think they used Colbert's to create molds for these. So he already has the originals.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    So they got a ball. Now what?
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his stapler.
    07/15/09

    @Geisrud: They're taking them and going home?
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    07/15/09

    @Geisrud: Bowling.
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    Image of R_Claw R_Claw
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    Anyone else in the mood for some tea?
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    Image of DJ Bushido DJ Bushido
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's Most Perfect Pair of Balls—Yes!
    why make 2? wouldn't one be enough to prove your ball-making abilities? probably just to invite attention via innuendo for something that is overall not exciting. haha.
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    Image of Justin Culmo Justin Culmo
    07/15/09

    @DJ Bushido: Hopefully they never touch each other.
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