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when guzzling a pint would be a farce
and leave you feeling bloated,
but drinking from a 'ladies glass'
would with contempt be noted,
when you live in a country of mills and inns
where metric's the devil's measure,
but a pint's too much, and a half won't do,
and
half way lies your pleasure,
when you know a half won't quench your thirst
but a whole pint seems like greed,
if drinking in litres seems perverse,
a three-quarter pint's what you need.
A Trading Standards document
www.dundeecity.gov.uk/ehts/03annual.pdf
Check page 7 [angel, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Again
http://www.tradings.../pages/consumer.htm
Search for "third" [angel, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
The Capacity Serving Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Regulations 1988
http://www.hmso.gov...lighter_first_match
"beer and cider shall be sold by retail only in a quantity of 1/3 pint, ½ pint or a multiple of ½ pint" [DrBob, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]
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Buy a pint, you Pommie git
Drink most of it, and leave a bit. |
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leaving beer is sacrilegious,
if from pom you're indiginous. |
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P.S. (No offence intended; apologies extended) |
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Pubs in UK are permitted (or is it 'obliged'?) to sell beer by the pint, half-pint and third-pint. Try asking for two-thirds of a pint. |
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Wow [angel] that is a truly wonderful fact. I shall be out to investigate this evening. |
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My favourite beer quantity is the noggin - a quarter of a pint. [jonthegeologist] is fond of asking if one 'needs the extra noggin' if it's his round and you're not far into your pint. |
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A bun, for the lines // when you live in a country of mills and inns where metric's the devil's measure// if nothing else. |
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Bun earned for artistic expression alone. |
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Tick. V.Good.
I, too, shall be making enquiries of the bar-keep tonight. If I get beaten up and chucked out into the gutter, angel, I'll know who to blame. |
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My second link suggests that beer and cider are "required" to be sold in units of one third, one half and multiples thereof. |
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One of those rare occasions when the bun's for the anno, not the idea... |
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//Buy a pint, you Pommie git, |
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Drink most of it, and leave a bit.// |
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The poetry in the original deserves a bun too, but I've only got one... sorry... (+) |
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[DrBob] But that happens to you every
night... |
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Maybe the best options would be: One half and one third (83.3%) for real ales, guinness, and anything which requires plenty of head. Meanwhile two thirds (66.6%) for cider and - gulp - lager. I still think I'd prefer to campaign for a magical 75% measure though. |
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Not true hippo. Some nights I don't go to the pub at all. |
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once again I bow down to both your literary and puberary genius. bunderful |
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//One half and one third (83.3%) for real ales, guinness, and anything which requires plenty of head// |
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don't EU regulations say that the head shouldn't be included in the measure, or was I drunk when I heard / made that up? |
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Legislation found. Link added. "beer and cider shall be sold by retail only in a quantity of 1/3 pint, ½ pint or a multiple of ½ pint" so you can order a third of a pint if it's available but it's not compulsory to sell thirds of a pint so I doubt that you'd have much luck. Two thirds and three-quarters of a pint are illegal - unless you are fortunate enough to frequent a pub which will serve you a 'Sussex half'. |
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whats a 'Sussex Half' Bob? |
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It varies, etherman, depending upon how friendly you are with the bar staff. It's a bit more than a standard half pint and a bit less than a standard pint. |
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ah right, well in Ireland we have a different problem, trying to order a half pint and being persuaded/goaded into buying a full one. Think Mrs. Doyle in Father Ted, |
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'ah go on, ya will, ya will, ya will... (repeat forever).' |
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That time when you're very drunk
But you ain't yet had enough of the gunk,
You want more than a half,
A pint would make you barf
Three-quarts would be a slam-dunk!!! |
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I know its not the same but what about a 330ml bottle? |
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Beer is not metric; it comes in proper Imperial measures, the more archaic the better. |
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//I know its not the same but what about a 330ml bottle?// |
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No. You seem to have confused beer with poncey continental lager. Beer and millilitres do not good bedfellows make. |
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there are some proper beers / ales in bottles not just poncey ones. Guinness in fact, warm off the shelf is bliss. and what ever the measurement its a good half way house. i'd be all for 3/4 pint bottles too. |
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