She didn't explain, "cock-up."

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She didn't explain, "cock-up."

An increasingly impossible feat for aging men.

Here's someone British explaining the wonderful system of measurements we in the USA seem to refuse to relinquish: http://www.bbc.com/future/stor...al-measures-outdated

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Here's someone British explaining the wonderful system of measurements we in the USA seem to refuse to relinquish:

Why should we when it works so well?

Yes, it does work well. Imagine the absurdity of a woman ordering a bra size 87B! BTW, he mispronounces "shaftment," saying instead, "shatment." He mixes current and obsolete terms, and types of measurement, but I still find it to be funny.

I think it's PIE-ka, not PICK-a, too.

Proto-Indo- European-"ka?" Pica is an eating disorder wherein one eats dirt. But, of course, if one had to eat his words, it would best be pica.

She says Americans have no equivalent for "away with the fairies," but what about "I'm just wool gathering." Shu says that all the time.