The famous fruit-chat quiz!
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by Istenem » Mon May 14, 2007 4:55 pm
clue: it is the same as the amount of milk kids got before Margaret Thatcher put a stop to that.
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by Cardinal Sin » Mon May 14, 2007 4:59 pm
ah. A quarter of a pint.
I hope I haven't wasted precious seconds opening up word trying (and failing) to find the 1/4 symbol
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by Istenem » Mon May 14, 2007 5:03 pm
nope. a bit more.
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by Weyland » Mon May 14, 2007 5:09 pm
Third of a pint?
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by Istenem » Mon May 14, 2007 5:19 pm
Weyland gets it and pips Cardinal Mooncalf to the spoils.
quite a few belgian bars offer 3x1/3 glasses of taster beers. anyway over to Weyland.
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by Weyland » Mon May 14, 2007 5:33 pm
Right, speaking of measures of beer...
A yard of ale is very roughly 3 pints. But what extra item is a newly qualified submarine sailor supposd to drink from the bulb of the yard glass (along with the beer) as part of his unofficial qualification ritual?
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by Istenem » Tue May 15, 2007 10:04 am
a small frog?
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by Weyland » Tue May 15, 2007 10:08 am
Surprisingly close. It is aquatic, or at least its nickname is.
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by Istenem » Tue May 15, 2007 10:20 am
a medium-sized frog then?
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by Weyland » Tue May 15, 2007 10:27 am
I said aquatic, not amphibian.
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by Weyland » Tue May 15, 2007 10:35 am
Too specific.
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by Weyland » Tue May 15, 2007 10:48 am
Spot on. I would also have accepted dolphin, but how you'd fit one of those into the bulb of a yard glass, I have no idea...
I refer to the compulsory "Drinking of the fish from the bulb of the yard" imposed upon a newly qualified submarine sailor by one's qualified shipmates at a tavern ashore. The "fish" in question is actually the Submarine Warfare Insignia (also known as a "dolphin"), a uniform breast pin worn by enlisted men and officers of the United States Navy to indicate that they are qualified in submarines.
Take it away YE.
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by Cardinal Sin » Tue May 15, 2007 10:56 am
Thank you good sir.
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