Old question still unanswered?

[texol]

How long really is a piece of string?

[kempie]

Answered here.

[shivvy]

why do you feel the need to ask this question?

[Lonnie]

As long as you want it.

[mibn2cweus]

Which piece?

[qapmoc]

There are no seperate pieces of string in the universe, it is actually one infinitely long string which goes into and out of wormholes in space giving the visible effect that each piece has two ends.

[Sekosha]

I was always told that the length of the piece of string is ......

Twice as long as half ..

[kitten_uk2]

twice as long as from the centre to an end lol :)

[halfadaily]

luckily I know.......whilst rummaging through a draw I found a piece and it's 3ft 8 in long, so that must be the answer!

[Famous5]

If it's any help, and if you define the hangman's rope as a piece of string, then the execution rope was formed from a 13 foot length of 3/4" diameter Italian silk hemp rope, bound with Chamois leather to avoid marking the skin, in later years.It was stretched before use, by dropping a sandbag of approximately the same weight as the prisoner through the trap and leaving it suspended overnight. This reduced the diameter of the rope to about 5/8 inch. The purpose of this was to reduce any tendency of the rope to stretch during the actual hanging which would reduce the force applied to the prisoner's neck. Hemp has always been the preferred material as it is both soft and strong with a smooth surface

Hope this helps!

[ianess]

In my experience it's usually half an inch shorter than it needs to be.

[Mortartube]

The mean distance from one end to the other, unless it's a continuous loop

[texol]

Hey yeah theres a point what if it is a continuous loop how long would that be? no middle no end how would you measure that?

[mibn2cweus]

Pi r squared?

No,pie are round.

Cornbread are squared.

[PhilBy]

From the middle to the end X 2

[sixpence]

Not sure how long it is, but I know it's in Hertfordshire...sorry, I thought you meant South Tring.