My father-in-law always used to say: "A pint's a pound the world around"
Not only have 80% of the world not used pints or pounds or anything like
them since the French Revolution, the USA was just about the only country to
use a 16 oz pint. Everyone else (including Canada until they went metric)
uses a 20oz pint and a 16 oz pound...
I know, off-topic unless you're using a Newton to program a rocket launch!
By the way, it's not just the USA. Here in the UK you can buy a 8 foot by 4
foot sheet of 9 mm plywood, and as well as soccer we have rugby football
where you use your hands as much as in the American variety
Share and Enjoy
Brian Tiplady
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bradley Smith [mailto:BradleyS@artisansw.com]
Sent: 25 August 2000 10:48
To: 'newtontalk@planetnewton.com'
Subject: RE:OT Football (was NTLK Quiz and Fantasy Football)
We've got a series of Bud Light ads over here that I guess you're not
getting, but maybe you are , where this guy questions great American
contradictions. The first one I saw was about American Football i.e. why is
it called football? but the best one is where this guy asks where the
bathroom is in this bar and follows up by saying " because I want to take a
bath" and he gets the appropriate response "oh, there's no bath in there",
"then why is it called a bathroom" etc.
Sorry, I rambled, made me laugh anyway.
I'm off to take a rest in the restroom now so I'll see you all later :)
Brad
> Yes we're getting off topic here, oh well...
> Did any US citizen ever wonder why they call a game that
> consists of a lot
> of people running around with an oval shaped thing is called
> "Football" ?
>
>
> Robert Benschop
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