I asked for "a fifth of a pound" of ground Italian port sausage. They gave me half a pound. "No, a fifth of a pound." Blank look. "OK. Give me point-two pounds." That did the trick.
codgerly,
At the Food Hole meat counter last week...
I asked for "a fifth of a pound" of ground Italian port sausage. They gave me half a pound. "No, a fifth of a pound." Blank look. "OK. Give me point-two pounds." That did the trick.
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around here une quinto would have done the trick.
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That's why we need immigration reform
Damned feriners being all smart and working and paying attention n' stuff messing up our way of sloth.
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Heh.. tried, "4-tenths of a pound of __"
Added, "or a tad over 6 ounces."
Not-quite bemused, but tried for it; got it on 2nd try. Can take 3 tries. |
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Speaking of pounds, suppose you had one and one-third pounds
divided into 16 sections. Is each section an ounce? Many Chinese people will tell you that one catty equals one pound...just sayin'.
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Good lord that's convoluted
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The Mathematics Generation Gap
- (Another Scott)
- (11)
- May 30, 2011, 03:23:21 PM EDT
I had an abacus before I got a sliderule :-)
-NT
- (boxley)
- (2)
- May 30, 2011, 04:03:51 PM EDT
You had sticks rocks before that.
-NT
- (folkert)
- (1)
- May 30, 2011, 04:58:16 PM EDT
We were so poor
- (Ashton)
- May 31, 2011, 12:17:52 AM EDT
AIn't it da truff..
- (Ashton)
- May 30, 2011, 06:46:18 PM EDT
At the Food Hole meat counter last week...
- (rcareaga)
- (6)
- May 31, 2011, 02:06:13 AM EDT
:-/
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- May 31, 2011, 07:17:35 AM EDT
around here une quinto would have done the trick.
-NT
- (boxley)
- (1)
- May 31, 2011, 08:02:48 AM EDT
That's why we need immigration reform
- (mhuber)
- May 31, 2011, 11:31:49 PM EDT
Heh.. tried, "4-tenths of a pound of __"
- (Ashton)
- (2)
- May 31, 2011, 04:34:32 PM EDT
Speaking of pounds, suppose you had one and one-third pounds
- (dmcarls)
- (1)
- June 1, 2011, 03:34:08 PM EDT
Good lord that's convoluted
-NT
- (drook)
- June 1, 2011, 03:48:19 PM EDT
