Re: [Way OT] Beer measurements

From: Peter Kirk (peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com)
Date: Mon Aug 18 2003 - 06:21:29 EDT

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    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.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>A half-litre can of Guinness fits perfectly into the standard Irish
    >>pint glass. I mean perfectly. I just poured one. :-)
    >>
    >>
    >
    >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.
    >
    >-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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