26 May
2010
26 May
'10
2:07 p.m.
>"A pint's a pound, the world
around")
On Wed, 26 May 2010, John Foust wrote:
Wikipedia says "The saying "a pint's a
pound the world around" refers to
16 US fluid ounces of water weighing approximately one pound avoirdupois
in the United States... In the rest of the English-speaking world, an
Imperial pint?being 20 Imperial ounces of water?will weigh one and a
quarter pounds."
You think it has to do with price?
So, the saying is referring to some bizarre obscure obsolete arcane
measure of weight and volume, and nothing to do with drink and price??
I'm disappointed.
I didn't think that there was a price regulation, but wouldn't it make
more sense to base a currency on beer, instead of gold?
And am I the only one who notices that Tony's
typos increase in
his evening? :-)
Well, by midnight around here, the font starts to get a bit fuzzy.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com