# I know I shouldn't but this has been bugging me all day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 6, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522 "2002-11-06T08:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/41 "2002-11-07T10:37:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*But since this isn’t the case, bite me. \*\* And how many carbs are you then? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/42 "2002-11-07T11:11:13Z")
If you will stop picking on Techchick and pick on me instead, I will promise you fuel for your flame. Let me begin: why don’t English people just talk normal the way Americans do? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/43 "2002-11-07T11:19:22Z")
You tell me, I’m scottish. And you all talk funny. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/44 "2002-11-07T11:29:48Z")
Dammit. Okay. Why do Scottish men wear skirts? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/45 "2002-11-07T11:39:10Z")
And why do Irish-Americans wear skirts and march behind bagpipes on Paddies day? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/46 "2002-11-07T11:47:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*Dammit. Okay. Why do Scottish men wear skirts? \*\* For the same reason people buy convertible sports cars - you just can’t beat the feel of wind rushing through your hair. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/47 "2002-11-07T12:34:45Z")
Pardon me. In front of me at this very moment is a slip of paper from the Michelob “Ultra” display that states that it cotains 2.\*\* 6 \*\* g of carbohydrates per serving. The OP states 2.9. Who is right? ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/48 "2002-11-07T12:54:27Z")
> [@](#): > > why don’t English people just talk normal the way Americans do? [Nottingham dialect] Ahhcome nonnayuz 'Merikkuhnz talks proppa like warraiduz, middukk? [/Nottingham dialect] ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/49 "2002-11-07T13:30:48Z")
Is that from _Billy Elliot_? ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/50 "2002-11-07T14:12:59Z")
No **Lib** , not from _Billy Elliot_. That’s how people (those with strong accents anyway) in my hometown really speak. Mind you, I should have used _Ahhcum_ instead of _Ahhcome_. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/51 "2002-11-07T14:27:05Z")
Why do Scottish people living in Ireland weight themselves in lbs.? Is that how much money your worth? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/52 "2002-11-07T14:29:12Z")
Oy. Vagueness and a spelling error. For what it’s worth, that last comment was directed towards jjimm for this comment: > [@](#): > > I’ve been drinking beer for the past three months in conjunction with a low-carb diet and I’ve managed to lose 24lbs so far. Do you often make the converstion just for our convenience over here in the States, or is that what you’re accustomed to weighing yourself with? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/53 "2002-11-07T14:52:51Z")
In the UK and Ireland we tend to ignore a lot of metric measures. Most people would give their weight in Stone and lbs not kgs. I also have to do a bit of division when Americans just give their weight in lbs alone. Mainland Euros would tend to give their weight in kg’s. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/54 "2002-11-07T15:03:52Z")
In the UK and Ireland we tend to ignore a lot of metric measures. Most people would give their weight in Stone and lbs not kgs. I also have to do a bit of division when Americans just give their weight in lbs alone. Mainland Euros would tend to give their weight in kg’s. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/55 "2002-11-07T15:20:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*That I skimmed a reply in a thread does not indicate that the question is stupid. I had read the answer and _still_ asked the question, then I would agree with you. But since this isn’t the case, bite me. \*\* Um, I can’t quite understand what you’re saying. Are you saying you had read the quote from **Techchick** and then still asked a question that had been clearly stated in her quote, or are you saying that you hadn’t read the quote and then asked a question that had been clearly stated in the quote? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/56 "2002-11-07T17:21:09Z")
OK now you can call me stupid. I missed out the crucial word **If** at the beginning of my second sentence. Feel free to spit me out now, having (presumably) bitten me. BTW **Munch** , I changed “a stone and a half” to “24 lbs” for US consumption, because we still use archaic measures for weight (a stone is 14 lbs), car speed and road distance (although that one’s being phased out in Ireland now). ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/57 "2002-11-07T17:44:22Z")
Man you guys are weird. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/58 "2002-11-07T18:03:01Z")
At least we’re _trying_ to modernize, albeit slowly. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/59 "2002-11-07T18:23:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Booker57 \* > **Pardon me. In front of me at this very moment is a slip of paper from the Michelob “Ultra” display that states that it cotains 2.** 6 \*\* g of carbohydrates per serving. > > The OP states 2.9. > > Who is right? \*\* my _guess_ (since I’m not looking at the bottle) is that on the bottle, they’ll also say that it contains a little over 1 serving. I’ve noticed that the data ‘per serving’ is an interesting thing to look at (really, who eats 1.5 crackers?). So, the bottle would contain 2.9 grams of carbs, and be considered 1.something servings. (yea, we often leave 1/8 th of the bottle of beer). ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522/60 "2002-11-07T20:43:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wring \* > \*\* > > my _guess_ (since I’m not looking at the bottle) is that on the bottle, they’ll also say that it contains a little over 1 serving. I’ve noticed that the data ‘per serving’ is an interesting thing to look at (really, who eats 1.5 crackers?). So, the bottle would contain 2.9 grams of carbs, and be considered 1.something servings. (yea, we often leave 1/8 th of the bottle of beer). \*\* The answer to this is simple. You finish 7/8ths of the to equal one full serving. That means its time to order a new one. The other 1/8th is for you to have something to sip on while your server is bringing another one over. Its like a freebie til the new, full beer gets there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-i-shouldnt-but-this-has-been-bugging-me-all-day/135522.md?page=4)