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But Americans aren't bright enough to use the larger denomination. 140 pounds is an easy one. Try dividing other numbers by 14 in your head.

I know what I weigh in stone. I would never care about putting on a few pounds, since you go up and down by that all the time depending on how hydrated you are. I wouldn't declare any problem unless I saw an increase of half a stone.

Anyway, who weighs themselves to check weight? Just look at your stomach, easy.

Mine rotates mechanically, it shows both, in different colours. I can see them at the same time, you can't, so there! And no I don't care if mine is wildly inaccurate.

Why do yanks think mac and cheese is considerably shorter than macaroni cheese?

Bullshit, try writing that again. You put a speed instead of a distance, and got the units the wrong sides of the per. We may well quote km per litre somewhere, but I never do, since for some reason our road signs are still in miles. Miles per litre would be best for the UK, since the signs are miles and the pumps litres. But we only have mpg and lpkm (presumably).

You buy litres in America?

Only for beverages... When I used to go to Canada and buy gas by the liter between that and trying to do the currency conversion I always figured I was getting screwed. Back when they did Imperial gallons it was like getting a bonus.

Are you familiar with the concept of syllables?

After a weigh-in at the doctor's she looked at me and said "Do you have any concrete hidden in your pants?"

Says the person who multiplies 14 by 14 and gets 140.

I just found my supermarket with no oranges! Apparently, it's too hot to pick them in Spain. Dafuq? Surely those fields must be watered, so just use that water to spray any overheated workers.

I've only ever had chocolate, vanilla (which I always thought meant plain, but I think that's "manilla"), and strawberry. My sister ate mint which I detested.

We call that "ready salted" in the UK. I'm not aware of unsalted crisps. CRISPS. Chips are what yanks call fries. Is there no end to their ignorance?

"Salt'n'shake" they're called in the UK, I forget the manufacturer. My mum sent me to school with them in primary school, so I would not eat salt which she thought was bad for me. Of course I ignored her and used the salt. Without salt plain crisps taste like cardboard.

Pringles have it worked out. A solid tube to stop crushing.

Dafuq? How can they not know how to put salt on something? You sprinkle it on and shake it about, like you do with the blue packet ones.

I didn't. I divided 140 by 14 and got 10.

Weird, we buy petrol/diesel in litres and beer in pints.

What amazes me is how you let your shops advertise prices on the shelves without the sales tax. Since you all pay it, why not include it? It's actually making you more aware of how much money the government is stealing from you.

I said considerably. You also need to take account of how the syllables flow together quickly. Macaroni is similar to Macarena, go listen to that song and how fast it's sung.

Are you Homer Simpson? Have you seen the episode where his flab keeps bouncing, like a car with no dampers on the suspension?

Kinsey Doesn't Do Sums.

Mine is. Stones and kg.

In message <op.18mi88z9mvhs6z@ryzen>, Commander Kinsey snipped-for-privacy@nospam.com writes

Draught pub beer is indeed dispensed in imperial pints and half-pints. However, almost all bottled beer is in half-litres (500ml) or a third of a litre (330ml). It's a rare (and joyous) occasion when you find a real imperial pint (568ml). On an exceptionally rare occasion you might find a larger bottle - presumably 650ml, which I see is called a 'Bomber'.

Indeed.

Or it's the shops letting you know what the 'real' price is.