On 17/08/2003 19:48, Doug Ewell wrote:
Michael Everson <everson at evertype dot com> wrote:
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/
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
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