tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663227529115654287.post3774052222480505188..comments2023-05-05T06:23:06.213-07:00Comments on Delights & Prejudices: I love you, a bushel and a peck and a...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663227529115654287.post-71570652514316564762007-08-21T12:42:00.000-07:002007-08-21T12:42:00.000-07:00I approve of this new measurement technique, and w...I approve of this new measurement technique, and will implement it in my recipe conversions immediately. This seems likely to speed the loss of my blog's Midwestern readership.colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276463819033103787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663227529115654287.post-91017265137812256272007-08-21T12:11:00.000-07:002007-08-21T12:11:00.000-07:00I think we need some kind of conversion chart. 4 b...I think we need some kind of conversion chart. 4 buttloads = 1 shitload. there are 10 gobs to a buttload and 10 scads to a gob. Still, I don't want to see the measuring cups.seantimberlakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869537445953580880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663227529115654287.post-81050511028515502082007-08-04T05:45:00.000-07:002007-08-04T05:45:00.000-07:00Yes. Har indeed.Yes. Har indeed.Teejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12952833579966009979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663227529115654287.post-30884285362850067982007-08-03T08:25:00.000-07:002007-08-03T08:25:00.000-07:00Har har har!Har har har!colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276463819033103787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6663227529115654287.post-32030263207167320932007-08-01T13:03:00.000-07:002007-08-01T13:03:00.000-07:00Actually, the shitload did appear as an official m...Actually, the shitload did appear as an official measurement, exactly once, in my hometown paper years ago.<BR/><BR/>Here's the story, culled from a few internet sources:<BR/><BR/>Jon Young, the photographer at the Crystal Lake (Ill.) Herald had just gotten out of the darkroom after printing up a photo of a surprise spring snowfall of several inches in a couple hours. He wrote a cutline, but could not get the weather service to return his call asking for an official statement on inches. Jon took off for dinner. <BR/><BR/>The number arrived after he left, and was inserted by a rushed reporter. When Jon called later to see if there were any questions for him, he was told there were none. The cutline was pasted up thusly:<BR/> <BR/>"'Arthur Loy, foreground, and his mother, Judy, used teamwork Sunday to clear their sidewalk of nearly seven inches of snow that fell Saturday evening. Though a shitload of snow fell Saturday, snowplow crews had most major streets cleared by Sunday.'<BR/><BR/>'Twas the only edition of the Herald that has ever sold out.<BR/><BR/>And it gets worse!<BR/><BR/>The staff was then instructed to use a grammar checker to avoid using phrases like this in future writings, instead opting for the more politically correct verbiage. This resulted in an article on the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima referring to the plane as the Enola Homosexual. <BR/><BR/>The moral of the story: Careful what you ask for, Jam Lady!matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11038998960659745445noreply@blogger.com