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Old 04-05-2007   #550 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Boerseun View Post
We can't talk about 'nothing' as anything approaching zero without the measuring unit being agreed upon. After all, there's a world of difference between zero degrees Celcius and zero degrees Fahrenheit, not? Nothing of one is a lot of the other...
Nothing like rigor to make one think. I suggest we adopt nothing less than the 'gob' as the basic unit of measure. I only recall a few of the multiples (nothing like a failing memory. )
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2 gobs = 1 hunk
2 hunks = 1 pile
2 piles = 1 shitload
2 shitloads = 1 buttload
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