Comments on Becky's T-Blog: Really Big Things

I just know I'm going to notice this obsesively no...

2006-03-03T01:19:00.000Z

I just know I'm going to notice this obsesively now but today on the news it was all "windfarms, the size of Blackpool Tower" on different reports from a different reporter!

I blame Dorothy Parker..."If all the girls who att...

2006-03-02T00:50:00.000Z

I blame Dorothy Parker...

"If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end... I wouldn't be a bit surprised"

And guess how big this squid is?

2006-02-28T17:37:00.000Z

And guess how big this squid is?

If you laid all the economists in the word end to ...

2006-02-24T23:26:00.000Z

If you laid all the economists in the word end to end they would still fail to reach a conclusion.

You never mentioned my personal favourite speed measure of furlongs /fortnight.

talking of really big things ( i love this sort of...

2006-02-24T14:22:00.000Z

talking of really big things ( i love this sort of thing!) channel 4 new discribed winning the euro millions lottery as like - picking the correct number on a roulette wheel that is 5 times bigger then the M25!!!! gotta go elvis has just walked in!

As you might appreciate Australia is a pretty big ...

2006-02-24T00:50:00.000Z

As you might appreciate Australia is a pretty big country... so distance is measured in the "black stump" unit.

Short Distance (300-400km) - Half way to the black stump

Long distances (400-1200km) - 'bout as far as the black stump.

Really long distances (1200++km) - Wave to the black stump as you pass....

Intelligence is usually measured in the number of Collingwood Football Club Members.... "You're so dumb, bloody hell if the MCG was filled with Collingwood members, collectively they would almost be as smart as you."

ha ha this really amused me becky! you should writ...

2006-02-23T22:50:00.000Z

ha ha this really amused me becky! you should write for top gear magazine or some re-hash monty python-esqe type tv prog, seriously its all true what you say , you should work in the film business as i used to....everythings measured in -impossible to work out- increments of feet (only!!) never inches and feet or god forbid anything as 'modern' as metres!

Your forgeting the other extreams they have here.L...

2006-02-23T21:47:00.000Z

Your forgeting the other extreams they have here.
Large weights, measured in elephants.
Medium weights, measures in "average family cars"
Really long things measured as the number of times they would strech from Lands' End to John-)-Groats.
Small things measured in a postage stamps, (because they are all obviously all same size.)
Very small things designated by how many you can fit on a pin head.

The measuremant that annoys me most is one for the budget , "The adverage person". A measurement thet is normally 2 times higher than the "Normal person"

Good news though, we gave the system of emperical measures to the Americans & they still use them.
(No offence Kath & any other US Citizens).

They also are obsessed with the size of Wales I ha...

2006-02-23T17:49:00.000Z

They also are obsessed with the size of Wales I have found. Often when talking about how much of the rainforest is being cut down it will be X times the size of Wales every day/month/year/whatever...

Stories are very handy for measuring height cos so...

2006-02-23T17:20:00.000Z

Stories are very handy for measuring height cos some of them can be very tall.

And another thing...

Have you noticed how journalists like to lay things 'end to end? If all the Mars Bars produced in a week were laid end to end they'd stretch to Cardiff/Melbourne/ Saturn or Go Round the World 3/5/19 times etc etc?

You would love it here then. We tend to measure di...

2006-02-23T16:14:00.000Z

You would love it here then. We tend to measure distances (specifically driving) in minutes instead of miles or km:

How far is it? - "About 10 minutes that way..."

...and lengths in football fields:

How long is that thing?? - "Nearly two football fields!"