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Fryscrapergate has brought a new unit into the public consciousness, specifically the Fried Egg (fE) as a measure of heat. So now we have…
Heat – Fried Egg (fE)
Volume (of object) – Double Decker Bus (ddB)
Volume (of void) – Olympic size swimming pool (OsP)
Surface area (small) – Postage stamp (pS)
Surface area (large) – Wales (w)
Noise – Jumbo Jet taking off (JJ)
Automotive excellence – Skoda (Sod)
Length - distance to the moon
Lies - Tory party manifesto
Intelligence in STWer? A TOWIE = 0.66 of a STWer
Obviously im exagerating
Importance of an argument: the TJ (posts)
"That was really trivial - it got 47 posts on the TJ scale"
"That must have been important, it's only .1 of a TJ!"
medium sized areas, = XYZ number of football pitches
Weight: Elephant (El) or Family Car (Fc)
Height = Nelson's Column (NCL)
Gold Ball - When used to describe the size of a cyst/sweliing somewhere on your body (GB)
this place really is like reading the script of dave gormans genius radio show sometimes.
The ddB is also the standard unit of measurement for large (usually mortorcycle) jump attempts
Length of frame ownership is measured in Hora's
Top tube length of frame is measured in Micro-Hora's
Size of a foetus on web sites always seems to be expressed in terms of weird American sounding fruit and vegetables. 10 weeks is a kumquat apparently!
Edit: 25 weeks is a rutabaga... wtf is one of those? And 32 weeks is a Jicama!
usually mortorcycle
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Internal organs = fists
I like R as a unit of speed:
The aircar rocketed them at speeds in excess of R17 through the steel tunnels that lead out onto the appalling surface of the planet which was now in the grip of yet another drear morning twilight. Ghastly grey lights congealed on the land.R is a velocity measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with health, mental wellbeing and not being more than say five minutes late. It is therefore clearly an almost infinitely variable figure according to circumstances, since the first two factors vary not only with speed taken as an absolute, but also with awareness of the third factor. Unless handled with tranquility this equation can result in considerable stress, ulcers and even death.
R17 is not a fixed velocity, but it is clearly far too fast.
Oh and rutabega is swede.
has this got anything to do with teddy bear ham?
Size of a foetus on web sites always seems to be expressed in terms of weird American sounding fruit and vegetables. 10 weeks is a kumquat apparently!
The wife was exceedingly pleased when she got through the pineapple week. That would have been painful! 😯
Level of insanity of a roadie = Red Lights Jumped (RLJ)
As you well know Mr Terrahawk, Teddy Bear Ham (TbH) is a very specific unit for measuring the comparative annual running costs (excluding servicing and insurance) between two vehicles. 520 Teddy Bear Hams (Approx 48.4 pints of bitter) is the difference between an SMax and a Vectra.
Interestingly (or perhaps not). A Vectra is the amount of time it takes for a niggling engine fault to disappear once you have booked your car in to the workshop to have a niggling fault investigated. A Bastard is the amount of time before the fault reappears once you have paid the bill. Both are roughly 10 minutes.
dangerous driving has a sliding scale from A2 to A8 with extreme measurements falling into the Q scale ending at Q7
Loving this thread 😀
Size of woodpile = McMoonters (McM)
Extent of paranoid, tinfoil hat wearing anger = Kaesae's (Kae)
The amount of time it takes to realise that you have ****ed up badly is is a single ohnosecond.
Unit of measurement for somthing very thin - Baw Hair (Bh)
Size of Large Object = Blue Whales (BWh)
In management, an individual's rank is measured in Audis.
"Derek has just been made associate partner."
"What's that translate to?"
"Umm... about 2.5 Audis i believe."
The time taken to go OTB is a "Shiiii"
Units of sweatiness are "Swallocks"
Surface area (large) – Wales (w)
Made me think of...
Units of grovel are "Jimbos"
The chance my mother will remark on the attractiveness of a TV presenter varies from 0 to Brian [in 1/100 units called Cox]- with one Cox being "The full Brian - phraawwgh"
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Volume (of large void) – Grand Canyon (GC)
Unit of measurement for somthing very thin - Baw Hair (Bh)
This can of course be divided further by the use of "Gnats Baw Hair" (GBh)
This can of course be divided further by the use of "Gnats Baw Hair" (GBh)
The North East England version is a Midge's Dick (Md)
Apparently the EU is pushing for a "Belgium" to replace a "Wales" as the non SI unit for large areas.
Its enough to make me vote UKIP