From: Peter Kirk (peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com)
Date: Mon Aug 18 2003 - 06:21:29 EDT
On 17/08/2003 19:48, Doug Ewell wrote:
>Michael Everson <everson at evertype dot com> wrote:
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>>>Yup. Hence also the Brit's complaint about the metric system: a
>>>liter of beer is too much, half a liter isn't enough, but a pint, ah,
>>>that's just right. The Imperial pint is .57 liters, whereas the
>>>Flintstone one is only .47 liters.
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>>A half-litre can of Guinness fits perfectly into the standard Irish
>>pint glass. I mean perfectly. I just poured one. :-)
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>Shouldn't a "pint" of beer be administratively fixed at 500 mL, just as
>a "fifth" of liquor in America is now officially 750 mL? Seems like a
>good task for an ISO working group.
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>-Doug Ewell
> Fullerton, California
> http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/
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On the contrary! Let's administratively fix a half litre of beer as one
Imperial pint, and we can satisfy the guys in Brussels that we have gone
metric. They are unlikely to complain if they get a bit extra!
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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