Sunday, February 18, 2007

Another of life's mysteries solved

It's official, this is why you usually wake up with a minger after a heavy night out on the pull.

10 Q.I points for the first person to work it out.






KEY TO FORMULA

An = number of units of alcohol consumed
S = smokiness of the room (graded from 0-10, where 0 clear air; 10 extremely smoky)
L = luminance of 'person of interest' (candelas per square metre; typically 1 pitch black; 150 as seen in normal room lighting)
Vo = Snellen visual acuity (6/6 normal; 6/12 just meets driving standard)
d = distance from 'person of interest' (metres; 0.5 to 3 metres)

4 comments:

GG said...

There is a high probablility that I will spontaneously combust if I look at that formula for a second longer.
Um, being an intuitive gal, I'll hazard a guess that it's never safe to walk into a 150L room without the safety of your beer goggles?

Full said...

GG, I think you could also attribute much of the research for this to our dear friend Rowley........hhmmmb....errphhh... completely covered in chocolate!!!
10 points to you.

Cheltenhamdailyphoto said...

Ah the answer would clearly be S (4x + 1) P
Am i right?

Sassy Sundry said...

Ah, the science of beer goggling. Now I see.