Unutterably Silly Corrupt-A-Topic (anymore off-topic and it would be on-topic)

[montsnmags]

They say a cat always lands on its feet, but a six-legged cat always lands on your head.


My Least Favourite Things

Blood drops on roses and six-legged kittens;
Bright silver axe-blades and jugulars bitten;
Brown, dripping packages tied up with string;
These are the fears that my fevered brow brings.

Cream-colored sputum and crispy fried poodle;
Door-slams and canned spam that feature my doodle;
Horse-hornet hybrids with lye-coated stings;
These are the fears that my fevered brow brings.

Girls in six pieces with cleaned-and-dressed slashes;
Snowflakes that aren't but are nuclear ashes;
Vigilant justice by god-sent right wings;
These are the fears that my fevered brow brings.

On the dark nights,
When black dogs sing,
When I'm going mad,
I simply fear what my fevered brow brings,
Then it goes to worse...from bad.


Cheers,
Marc Von Shut-Yer-Trapp ("Do: a deer, a roadkilled deer...")

[GeoffC]

incorrigible ...

[Patricia]

Originally Posted by Solitaire1

Maybe it would be better to simply the U. S. Customary System. For example, rather than having ounces for both weight and liquid measure, replace the liquid ounce with the gill (an existing but little used measure that is equal to 2 fluid ounces). Then U.S. liquid measures would work like this: 4 gills = 1 cup, 4 cups = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon.

Acatually, according to Wikipedia, an American gill is 4 fluid ounces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_(unit)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...ustomary_units

(In the Uk, an imperial gill is 5 fluid ounces.)

[pholy]

Actually, according to Wikipedia, an American gill is 4 fluid ounces.

Oh, so 1 fish = 1 cup Sorry, my mistake, I should have fact-checked

And another little know factoid:

1 imperial fluid ounce = 28.4130625 millilitres
1 US fluid ounce = 29.57353 millilitres

just to complicate the conversions...

[Slite]

It's you yanks and britts that mess up a perfectly good plan. the Metric system! No confusion, no problem!

"We are Metric of Borg, resistance is futile, you will be assimilated!"

[GeoffC]

"foot in mouth" is a nice saying, doesn't really mean the same "0.33metre in mouth" ...

[yvanleterrible]

I've been initiated to precision work using the metric measuring system. Reluctantly that is.

Okay, I will admit, I was WRONGO!!! What a system! I can count flyspecs I couldn't see before and without the ais of a calculator. My work quality has increased tenfold. You got it? Tenfold! Ar har har!

:groannnn:

The system did increase my productivity and precision. No more calculations involving 1\128th of inches and finding the dang things on the tape measure.

[Solitaire1]

Originally Posted by Patricia

Acatually, according to Wikipedia, an American gill is 4 fluid ounces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_(unit)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...ustomary_units

(In the Uk, an imperial gill is 5 fluid ounces.)

Thanks for the correction. I always thought that a gill was equal to 2 oz. My main point was to eliminate the confusion between weight and fluid measure. For me, it has always been a bit confusion to use ounces for both weight and fluid measure. Even more confusing is that there are two different types of ounces for weight.

[GeoffC]

and then you can move onto the rod, perch, bushel, furlong; such wonderful names - and less likely to cause problems with metre or meter!!!!

[Dylrob]

[montsnmags]

Erotica for Adrian:



Mmm, smooth, ultra-glide, rocket sled and an explosive climax. Is there anything hotter?

[vivaldirules]

"OMG!!!" just doesn't cut it here, does it? That was cooler by a factor of eleventy than anything I've seen them do before. Now I just need to change my undies and go hide some place quiet with some milk and cookies for awhile.

[pshrynk]

I liked the brief shot of Buster's head...

[dsvick]

Originally Posted by Solitaire1

For me, it has always been a bit confusion to use ounces for both weight and fluid measure. Even more confusing is that there are two different types of ounces for weight.

Imagine if the UK used pounds for weight...

Customer: Yes, I'd like that box of chocolate, please. How much is it?
Shopkeeper: 2 pounds.
Customer: oh that is rather a lot of chocolate, do you have anything smaller?
Shopkeeper: No sorry, 1 pound is all it comes in.
Customer: oh!? 1 pound? In that case I'll take it. <hands over money>
Shopkeeper: You're a pound light, mate.
Customer: Thanks, but saying that will not get me to buy more chocolate.

[LazyScot]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Erotica for Adrian:

Mmm, smooth, ultra-glide, rocket sled and an explosive climax. Is there anything hotter?

In your case?

Laurence Fishburne chilling whilst sipping a 2 degree Kelvin ZCD reclining on a sun-lounger on a "certain" beach at Noosa Heads?