5 ml is pretty close to a teaspoon. And half-centiliter is unwieldy.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Sep 07, 2011 7:20:26 pm PDT #24714 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
meara - Sep 07, 2011 7:29:47 pm PDT #24715 of 30001
But I thought it was three! Why does Oz measure differently?
Worst plane ride ever--guy took offense at me telling his gf her cell was supposed to be off and threatened me for the next 20 minutes. Kinda scary really, especially since I was in te window seat. Way to end the vacation.
Vortex - Sep 07, 2011 7:31:08 pm PDT #24716 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I agree with meara, it's three teaspoons to a tablespoon.
zuisa - Sep 07, 2011 7:33:05 pm PDT #24717 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
It's always been three teaspoons to a tablespoon here too!
American measurement systems are really, really wacky.
-t - Sep 07, 2011 7:42:54 pm PDT #24718 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yikes, meara, that's awful! I hope you are off the plane and far away from that guy now.
Strix - Sep 07, 2011 7:44:07 pm PDT #24719 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
WTF, meara?
I think I would have been tempted to alert a stewttendant. Threatening you? Um, no. Air marshall!
billytea - Sep 07, 2011 7:46:36 pm PDT #24720 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
But I thought it was three! Why does Oz measure differently?
It's three most places aside from Oz. The reason is because you define it on an imperial measure, fluid ounces, and when we went decimal, we went hard-core. Or something like that.
meara - Sep 07, 2011 7:58:47 pm PDT #24721 of 30001
I thought about it, but didn't want to, from the window seat, call one over and get Into it. Nor did I want to ask him and his girlfriend to move so I could get to the lav and attendants.
Polter-Cow - Sep 07, 2011 7:58:50 pm PDT #24722 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The latest Oatmeal is relevant to this conversation.
-t - Sep 07, 2011 8:07:51 pm PDT #24723 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I would argue that the imperial system is more practical for some applications. Say, for example, you have a recipe that calls for a cup of water and makes 6 servings of whatever, and you want to cut it down to 1 serving. So you need 1/6 of a cup, or 8 teaspoons. But if a similar recipe calls for 250 ml of water, you'd cut it down to 41.67 ml. Sure, you could round down to what is apparently 2 metric tablespoons and it would probably be fine, but that's not more precise and logical, is it?