Need a little legal help....

[flaninacupboard]

no, but you damn well should! i bet we have a patent on that measurment system somewhere. and the language! why you little........ *shakes his fist*

What the **** is a kipper snapper?!

[Doramius]

no, but you damn well should! i bet we have a patent on that measurment system somewhere. and the language! why you little........ *shakes his fist*

What the **** is a kipper snapper?!

Arrrr!!!! kipper-snappers. The good food of ye old Sea saults of Maine and other parts of New England.

[Capmaster]

no, but you damn well should! i bet we have a patent on that measurment system somewhere. and the language! why you little........ *shakes his fist*

What the **** is a kipper snapper?!

Kipper - it's a small fish, similar to a sardine, commonly eaten in England as a part of breakfast.
Snapper - Someone who bites. Catholics have been called "mackerel-snappers" because of their old practice of eating fish every Friday. The English, "kipper-snappers".

And you guys gave up the patent on the system when you adopted the same sissy system as the French - kilograms, centimeters, liters. blah blah. Our system is a manly system - if you measure "9" here, you're hung pretty well. You measure "9" over there, you're hung like a bull cricket

[Doramius]

And you guys gave up the patent on the system when you adopted the same sissy system as the French - kilograms, centimeters, liters. blah blah. Our system is a manly system - if you measure "9" here, you're hung pretty well. You measure "9" over there, you're hung like a bull cricket

He's got you there, Flan.

[flaninacupboard]

ah, but conversely, where you may measure seven, i meausre eighteen. or 180, if going for mm.

see, i don't buy your "we use the english system" bull crap. i know the truth. you -do- use the metric system. why the hell else do -i- call it a Litre, and you call it a Liter? eh? eh? ADMIT IT! YOU JIZZ ON THE METRIC SYSTEM EVERY DAY!

[Doramius]

ah, but conversely, where you may measure seven, i meausre eighteen. or 180, if going for mm.

see, i don't buy your "we use the english system" bull crap. i know the truth. you -do- use the metric system. why the hell else do -i- call it a Litre, and you call it a Liter? eh? eh? ADMIT IT! YOU JIZZ ON THE METRIC SYSTEM EVERY DAY!

I still grab a half gallon of Ice Cream or a Gallon of Milk. Maybe a Pint of Sour Cream or a Cup of Yogurt. Soda is really the only thing measured in litres along with some beers and other alcoholic beverages.

[Capmaster]

ah, but conversely, where you may measure seven, i meausre eighteen. or 180, if going for mm.

see, i don't buy your "we use the english system" bull crap. i know the truth. you -do- use the metric system. why the hell else do -i- call it a Litre, and you call it a Liter? eh? eh? ADMIT IT! YOU JIZZ ON THE METRIC SYSTEM EVERY DAY!

Hmmm ...litre or liter. Your way could be pronounced "Lee-tray". Too French ...too sissy. We have a "quart". One syllable - no ******* around

[Capmaster]

ah, but conversely, where you may measure seven, i meausre eighteen. or 180, if going for mm.

see, i don't buy your "we use the english system" bull crap. i know the truth. you -do- use the metric system. why the hell else do -i- call it a Litre, and you call it a Liter? eh? eh? ADMIT IT! YOU JIZZ ON THE METRIC SYSTEM EVERY DAY!

I still grab a half gallon of Ice Cream or a Gallon of Milk. Maybe a Pint of Sour Cream or a Cup of Yogurt. Soda is really the only thing measured in litres along with some beers and other alcoholic beverages.

They still use miles over there, so maybe the jury is still out?

[Doramius]

I think they still use acres there, too. I guess the Brits are all over the place and can't make up their minds. Sounds pretty French to me.

[flaninacupboard]

yeah, acres, hectares, miles and yards are still in comon use. people also do their fule economy in MPG rather than MPL or KPL. you can buy 576ml of milk (a pint) and 545g's of jam (a pound).
i never understood measuring with "cups."
lazy people pronounce litre "leah" so is that one or 1.5 syllables? should be lee-ter. except not, re instead of er is the same noise but doesn't overhang as long. for instance we have an electricity meter that is a metre away from the sockets.

[Tommyknocker]

That's the thing i like with the decimal system, it's piss easy to convert between units. i know that a half litre of water will weigh 500grams.

We're still using a system that's called ..aahem ....the "English" system of measure.

Well, actually, we use the Avoirdupois weight and meausre system. So it's either the English or the French. Talk about being stuck in the ol' rock and a hard place.

[flaninacupboard]

That's the thing i like with the decimal system, it's piss easy to convert between units. i know that a half litre of water will weigh 500grams.

We're still using a system that's called ..aahem ....the "English" system of measure.

Well, actually, we use the Avoirdupois weight and meausre system. So it's either the English or the French. Talk about being stuck in the ol' rock and a hard place.

As i said, why invent your own when you can just steal someone elses.

[Doramius]

yeah, acres, hectares, miles and yards are still in comon use. people also do their fule economy in MPG rather than MPL or KPL. you can buy 576ml of milk (a pint) and 545g's of jam (a pound).
i never understood measuring with "cups."
lazy people pronounce litre "leah" so is that one or 1.5 syllables? should be lee-ter. except not, re instead of er is the same noise but doesn't overhang as long. for instance we have an electricity meter that is a metre away from the sockets.

I think the RE vs. ER was the old english way of distinguishing measuring units from physical objects or common words. WE yanks just shortened things up and made it all simple. Canada still uses colour vs. color or flavour vs. flavor. They just can't get away from that "U" for some reason. Americans use more contractions and make them up more often than any other enlish speaking country. California calls it ebonics, but to the the rest of the U.S. it's really "shortened phrases by peeps who can't speak proper an' code things so the PO-PO cain' tell whachaz' talkin' bout when the homes' are bustin' a deal"