Butcher Starts Selling Meat In Imperial Pounds

[trt]

I never really got used to the new system, especially measurements, so hope its allowed back for us oldies?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/683451/Brexit-EU-European-Union-Referendum-Grattons-Butchers-Devon-Britain-Metric-imperial-pounds

[THECORBYLOON]

How can a livre or a pfund be 500g when a pound is about 250g?

[albaqwerty]

wasn't this metric system nonsense supposed to make life easier?

[THECORBYLOON]

Ignore me...

[Jackdaw33]

A pound is 454 grams!

[DTCwordfan]

Back to skool with you!

[albaqwerty]

the pound dropped to $1.35 on Friday (I think) ;-)

[Jackdaw33]

Alba, you need to distinguish between the pound sterling and the pound avoirdupois.

[albaqwerty]

Jack, where is your SOH on a Sunday? :-D

[Jackdaw33]

Still here, I just wanted the opportunity to say 'avoirdupois'.

[DTCwordfan]

are you related to peaspeculiar, Jackdaw?

[THECORBYLOON]

There may be a pound Stirling soon...

[albaqwerty]

avoirdupois is an under-used word.
(one of my favourites!)

Oh my, Stirling, furniture shop, just ouside of Sterling, haven't seen it's adverts for years.
Did thon other company who don't have sales every day take them over?
(DJS?)

[Jackdaw33]

Nice one, DTC. Got it. Nice one also, Corby.

[Jackdaw33]

It is also used humorously.

'Gosh, she hasn't half piled on the avoirdupois recently!'

[stuey]

I wonder if Helen of Troy ever used the word "avoirdupois"?

[Jackdaw33]

I once knew a girl called Helen who was rather stout. She was known as 'The face that munched a thousand chips'.

[albaqwerty]

saw a clip from The Hairy Bikers yesterday, wonderful chefs with strange SOH, they were talking about 'minipois' (sp)
According them some ladies have Maxipois and a lovely pair of pois she has too

[stuey]

Say that to her face and you'd get a good pounding.

[albaqwerty]

lol Stuey
♪ two lovely black eyes ♪

[zebo]

Just seen my error, 500g was ein Pfund, 250g was ein halbes Pfund.