americans and the inch
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- MX_OnD0
if you give them an inch, they take a mile.
if you give them a centimeter, they take a kilometer.
doesnt mean as much to me.
mrdobolina
(Mar 22 05, 05:25)***************
true but consider this:
a kilometre is exactly 100 000 centimetres
a mile is approximately 63360 inches
proportionaly you're losing more by giving them a centimetre.
- mrdobolina0
true mx, damn. ok I will start my push to making my people drop the use of the inch, it will be a very long struggle.
- _smk0
Cen'imeders suck AAASSS!!
All y'all Limey bitches know dat...
- pascii0
Ian Faith: Nigel gave me a drawing that said 18 inches. Now, whether or not he knows the difference between feet and inches is not my problem. I do what I'm told.
David St. Hubbins: But you're not as confused as him are you. I mean, it's not your job to be as confused as Nigel.(Spinal Tap’s manager orders a miniature version--and to make the set look bigger, he hires midgets to dance among the fake rocks)
- mrdobolina0
we use A3 and those other page sizes, those are from England, no?
- olive0
make them drop stone, mile and pint as well
- gruntt0
i am american and i find the inch ridiculous.
*door busts open. men in black suits and glasses enter.
ahhh, y'all have a good da.....
- mrdobolina0
what is a stone?
- mrdobolina0
we measure drugs in grams, if that makes you feel better, up until ounce then it is back to the standard system.
- moth0
You all leave my pint alone.
You know what all that glass comes in handy for?
Tourists.
Tourists (mostly American) who walk into country pubs and ask for a fucking cappachino.
"No. We sell beer and spirits".
"How about a coffee?"
"No. We sell beer and spirits".
"Say - what about an Ice Tea?"
It about that point where the irate Farmer Evans who is already mightily upset at the EU's rejection of his 11lb potatoes, breaks his pint glass over the tourists' (usually Americans') head, cracking it open and killing him in a satisfyingly slow manner.
During his death moans, the tourist (usually American) mutters something about 911 and we get all confused about terrorists and planes and shit and leave him on the floor....
- mrdobolina0
hahahaa
- Kuz0
ah, nice to see moth still doing his bit for transatlantic relations.
- mrdobolina0
a 12 ounce bottle is such a more suitable instrument for hitting people on the head.
- pascii0
i like gallons
- moth0
a 12 ounce bottle is such a more suitable instrument for hitting people on the head.
mrdobolina
(Mar 22 05, 05:38)If that's all you can lift it will have to do I guess.
The scottish however will pick up the barrel it was brewed in and knock you down with that given half the chance.
- mrdobolina0
our shitty domestic beers come in metal barrels, unlike donkey kong.
- tkmeister0
yeah, we should all use one unit system, preferbly metrics. it's just so much easier.
we should give up pints, then start drinking by litter.
- MX_OnD0
a 12 ounce bottle is such a more suitable instrument for hitting people on the head.
mrdobolina
(Mar 22 05, 05:38)If that's all you can lift it will have to do I guess.
The scottish however will pick up the barrel it was brewed in and knock you down with that given half the chance.
moth
(Mar 22 05, 05:40)Given half a half-chance even.
*that's a quarter chance in the mtric system
- moth0
we should give up pints, then start drinking by litter.
tkmeister
(Mar 22 05, 05:41)You've seen on that bench then? I try to keep it tidy...
- _smk0
You leave us out of this - we still measure distance in hands...