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To: Red Badger

Table of Equivalents

Bachelor Measuring Units Customary Household Measuring Units
1 shotglass 3 Tablespoons
1 handful (dry measure) 1/3 cup
1 handful (liquid measure) 1/2 cup
1 mouthful 1/3 cup
1 good splash (from tap) 4 Tbsp
1 good splash (from wine bottle) 1/2 cup
1 good splash (from whisky bottle into highball glass) 6 fl oz
1 beer can 1 cup
1 dog dish 1 pint
1 teaspoon too much salt
1 Tablespoon too much instant coffee
1 cup too much mixer
1 pint not enough whisky
1 quart too much gin
1 gallon enough beer to last until halftime
1 peck I forgot to buy sweet corn
1 bushel I bought too much
1 pound 3 oz of T-bone steak after 15 minutes on the grill

The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig (O'Rourke, P. J.) by P. J. O'Rourke (Mar 13, 1997)

45 posted on 06/21/2012 7:16:12 PM PDT by Pilsner
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To: Pilsner
I rolled my eyes when I saw the TOE title, because we had to memorize that kind of crap in culinary school. And then I actually read your version.

Scared the catz right out of the room LOLing so hard.

/johnny

47 posted on 06/21/2012 7:21:21 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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