My dad told me that the US military had an official field manual on how to make a sandwich, and it included buttering the bread, so any juices from the fillings wouldn’t soak into the bread. Which sounds about right for the typical military level of competence: That’s why you have bread on a sandwich, to soak up any juices.
Just joking about the “metric pound”. A kilogram is 2.204 pounds, so half a kilo (500 grams) is 1.102 pounds. Since so many recipes called for (and still do) “a pound [or some fraction thereof] of butter”, it became packaged as 454 grams - roughly equal to 1 pound.
“As fucked-up as a soup sandwich” is a fairly standard military saying
I use that phrase all the time. I remember it from a movie with Martin Sheen and Charlie Sheen where the junior was in the stockade before being shipped out for Viet Nam and the elder is the stockade commander, or sergeant, or whatever he is. I can’t remember the title - it’s not really that good, but I do remember that phrase.
Along those lines, here’s the documentation on how to cook a hot dog as seen on LST 393 in Muskegon, MI.
The only current Olympic event where men compete and there is no woman’s equivalent is the 50km race walk. Also, the 50km race walk is the longest distance race in the Olympics (the marathon is 42.2km).
Weelllll… I do something similar. I but I use cheese. Say between a soggy tomato or sauerkraut (especially sauerkraut). I call it a gasket.
I recommend the Catalan national dish: pa amb tomàquet. Just don’t call it soaked.
If the ingredients are good, it is excellent.
It was the exact opposite for me. I first heard the jingle in California, and thought the jingle made sense as a play on the brand name.
When I later moved east (including living in the Chicago area), it was jarring for me to hear the same jingle with the Hellman’s name.
This may be something everybody but me already knew, but I just found out that Creed from The Office (US) was also lead guitarist for The Grass Roots way back in 1967.
I suppose you might call the heptathlon the women’s equivalent of the decathlon but American decathlete Jordan Gray would disagree:
No. I needed that.
That’s interesting and I think the women should move to a full decathlon. Another one not exactly the same is softball/baseball. Any others?
The men’s soccer tournament is restricted to U23 players (with three exceptions for older players) whilst the women’s tournament has no age restrictions.
Gymnastics uses different apparatus.
I’m sure there are many other examples throughout the different sports. I think the men play best of three sets in the tennis (cite needed) so that’s equal.
The interesting thing about the women’s decathlon debate is that the existing heptathlon competitors would struggle to be competitive in a decathlon. Which means the Olympics might have to run both events simultaneously during the switch over. And then the women would have an event that men could not compete in.
I don’t see why the men couldn’t have a heptathlon as well during the transition period if they had to. It would probably be popular with the decathlon guys who are weak in the pole vault.
They’re the same now, non-existent. They may be back in 2028.
There are key differences between the two sports. There could be both men’s and women’s events for either or both. It may be that a men’s baseball team and women’s softball team is the best compromise for these times if they return to the Olympics.
Cycling road race and time trial are longer for men than for women.
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ETA - there is no fixed distance for either, so the race distances also differ between olympiads.
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Anyone know about sailing events?
Don’t know about sailing but there is canoe and kayak racing with both men’s and women’s teams. The events are identical for both men and women.
From here it looks like the men’s and women’s events use the same basic hulls (IQFoil, Laser, 49er) but the women’s versions have slightly smaller rigs.
Some/all of the sailing and equestrian (and I think shooting as well) events were open to both sexes until recently.