▲ 579 ▼ Say hi to Flocky! (crazypeople.online) submitted 2 months ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca to c/memes@sopuli.xyz 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago (2 children) And Americans know a pint's a pound. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (1 child) Sterling? Not since the 90s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Well you know, the full saying is "a pint's a pound the world around, except the UK where it's several quid, and really mostly in the US, Liberia, and Myanmar" permalink fedilink source parent [–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) Depends on the flesh you're rending - the original conversion was from whales but the popularised version is with bacon rended over camp fires; it's been this way since 2006AD so it's a pretty well established system. Semper fi, Imperialism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) the original conversion was from whales but the popularised version is with bacon rended Reply to wrong post? Pint is 1/8th of gallon and gallon came from old Norman French with latin roots. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago Nah, just making fun of imperial. Car widths being the result of roads built by the Romans is historically charming, but that kind of thing is not the basis for a measurement system you should expect people to take seriously. It's just a series of band-aids on band-aids. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (1 child) Sterling? Not since the 90s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Well you know, the full saying is "a pint's a pound the world around, except the UK where it's several quid, and really mostly in the US, Liberia, and Myanmar" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Well you know, the full saying is "a pint's a pound the world around, except the UK where it's several quid, and really mostly in the US, Liberia, and Myanmar" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) Depends on the flesh you're rending - the original conversion was from whales but the popularised version is with bacon rended over camp fires; it's been this way since 2006AD so it's a pretty well established system. Semper fi, Imperialism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) the original conversion was from whales but the popularised version is with bacon rended Reply to wrong post? Pint is 1/8th of gallon and gallon came from old Norman French with latin roots. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago Nah, just making fun of imperial. Car widths being the result of roads built by the Romans is historically charming, but that kind of thing is not the basis for a measurement system you should expect people to take seriously. It's just a series of band-aids on band-aids. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) the original conversion was from whales but the popularised version is with bacon rended Reply to wrong post? Pint is 1/8th of gallon and gallon came from old Norman French with latin roots. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago Nah, just making fun of imperial. Car widths being the result of roads built by the Romans is historically charming, but that kind of thing is not the basis for a measurement system you should expect people to take seriously. It's just a series of band-aids on band-aids. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago Nah, just making fun of imperial. Car widths being the result of roads built by the Romans is historically charming, but that kind of thing is not the basis for a measurement system you should expect people to take seriously. It's just a series of band-aids on band-aids. permalink fedilink source parent
