Why are round pizzes served in a square box???
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Square boxes are easier to store (ever see them sitting all stacked up in the corner of the pizzeria...couldn't do that with round boxes).
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Why not use what you've already got?  Believe me, it's in there, just waiting for release . . .\n\nOtherwise, I guess you could try mixing some flour into water to thicken it slightly, or add milk to water, I really don't know.\n\nBut again, why would you want to do this?
741972
because you fight in a ring which is square like a box!!!!
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Bubbles are round because doe to the given volume (the air you give it), a sphere (round) will give the optimized (greatest) surface area for the given volume.
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Other key advantages to round manhold covers include the ability to roll them (making them easier to move), and the fact that the corners don't have to be aligned. However, most manhole covers are probably round simply because they're easier to manufacture.\n\n"A round one can fall through the hole just as easy as a square one. - Think about it."\n\nActually, no. Assuming the lip underneath the manhole cover is narrower than the cover to prevent it from falling in the first place, a square cover can be turned vertically and rotated 45 degrees horizontally (so that the length of the cover is diagonal to the opening). In this orientation, if the length of the cover is L, the Pythagorean Theorem says that the length of the diagonal of the opening will be L * sqrt(2), adjusted for whatever the width of the lip is.\n\nMeanwhile, there is no way to rotate a circle to align a narrow part of the cover with a wide part of the opening, because the diameter of a circle is the same in any orientation.\n\nSo while a square cover would not fall in casually, someone who is trying to do so is perfectly capable of dropping one in, while a round cover cannot be dropped into a properly constructed manhole opening, no matter how malicious the intent of the person trying to do so.
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How can there be a square root of pi if pie is round?  Sounds better when spoken not read.
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plump and short??? what are we picking humpty dumpty ??... I'm guessing most of us pass on plump and short unless its stack of pancakes....lol...
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To get the greatest surface area to volume the boxes would be spheres.\n\nWhy not?\n\n1) Spherical boxes would be hard to make\n\n2) They would roll off the sheleves in the stores\n\n3) People would slip on them, fall, and then sue the cereal companies and the grocery stores.\n\n:)
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Excellent question.  Unfortunately, I don't have an answer and don't know where to find an answer.\n\nInteresting to note that on one website, the specification for some sets of balls is that each individual ball within a set weigh within one gram of the average of all the balls of that set.  That seems like a pretty high acceptable deviation, and enough to create at least a minute difference in its density, thus creating a higher probability of being at the bottom of the mixing container.
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There are a whole slew of reasons why manhole covers are round.  The covers are made of cast iron and so are very heavy.  By making them round they can be rolled rather than carried from place to place on the job.  The tunnels leading to the covers are almost always round, for structural as well as ease of digging reasons.  Since the tunnels are round it made sense to make the cover round.  If the covers were square, rectangular, etc. the cover would have to be in a particular orientation in order to fit the hole.  In addition the cover could fall into the hole if it were square or rectangular (or any other shape than round).  Finally it may boil down to "that's the way they always been made" kind of thinking.  Someone started making them round when they first started and everyone else followed
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they managed to combine friggen salt, butter, cheese, and mild amounts of grease into an attractive cracker.\nplus the boxes are huge. who would buy a wimpy mini bag?
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Simple!  A manhole is round so that the cover can never fall in.  If it were any other shape, like a square, rectangle or oval, you could take the cover out, flip it sideways and drop it in, but with a round hole and a round cover, it will always be just a little too big.\n\nPart 2:  I would still call it a hole if it was square.  Why wouldn't you?  Plenty of holes aren't round.  Button holes are very narrow compared to their length.  And I guess the Indian Government aren't concerned with people dropping manhole covers into a sewer, or didn't think about it.
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It has something to do with winning the FA Cup. I cant remember which way around it is though.\n\nIf they are square then then they have won the FA Cup.
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this is a common problem , it  used to happen in the game of 8 ball a lot, I relize you are talking about snooker but with other games the ball in hand rule elimates the possibility of scratching on prurpose .
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The earliest manhole covers may not have been all that heavy but they likely were designed to fit "men" at their largest girth (beer belly?).  A round cover would also provide the largest opening for the least metal and a circular metal hole and cover would be far stronger than a square one and perhaps easier to cast.  Someone else mentioned that the cover could not fit through the hole and bop a worker on the head, making it a serious safety issue too.
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Well, since squaring the circle in the sense it is traditionally meant (making a square with the same area as a specific circle, using ruling and compass) is impossible:\n\nNo profession.  Maybe magic leprechauns.
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I like  this question because answering it I found  out this totally cool thing. The table top game of "Go" board is not square!\n\nIt is usually a rectangle about 15 x 14 in proportion. Almost square, but 7 percent longer on one side.\n\nSome boards are a 19 x 19 grid, others are 17 x 17, 13 x 13 or even 9 x 9 for shorter games!\n\nThe boards were traditionally made out of a thick block of wood, with a hollow pyramid carved into the underside for strength and to make it sound better when the pieces (black and white stones) are placed.\n\nIt is also cool to find out that the black stones (kinda shaped like M&M candies) are bigger than the white ones. Thanks for asking a question which taught me more about a cool game.