Heh.

[serene]

Me: by the way, woke up vegetarian this morning. Don't know if it'll last, but today I care about it. We'll see if I care about it tomorrow. *smooch*

Him: okie dokie. We currently have one block of tofu.

Me: And about a metric butt ton of beans. :-)

Him: You know how the PeeChee folders used to have weights and measures charts: 3 tsp = 1 tbsp, 8 oz = cup?

We need one of those, so I know how many shit loads there are in a butt load, etc: 2 shit loads = 1 butt load

Now that I know there's a difference, I also need metric to English conversions: 1.2 butt loads = 1 metric butt ton

Comments

[supergee.livejournal.com]

I have heard that a fuckwad is a shitload of shitloads, and thus very impressive.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Until the metric system took effect, you also had to be careful of the distinction between a butt load (as used in the U.S.) and an imperial butt load (as used in the U.K.), the latter being 20% larger than the former.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Math is hard; let's go shopping!

[litlkawaii.livejournal.com]

i loooove tofu hehe

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Me, toooooooo. :-)

[lcohen]

i, otoh, told red_frog that the only place that she couldn't take me for lunch was jim's house of tofu. not that jim's house of tofu has an outpost in c'ville but i always need to be prepared.

*smooch* (i am not reading your journal in any particular order, i notice)

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I loved the Tofu House in Hillcrest. Mmmmmmm, tofuuuuuuuu. :-)

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Aren't you always vegetarian?

-J

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Nope. About seven months ago (I only know about how long because it was after I met someotherguy in late January, but before the breakup with cute-poet-chick in mid-April), I woke up in the morning, after twenty-plus years as a vegetarian (with a few 'lapses' here and there) and didn't care about it any more. I didn't eat meat that day, but the next time something made of meat appealed to me (don't remember what it was -- might have been a scallop thing that stonebender's partner's partner had ordered), I ate it. And since then, I still eat mostly vegetarian foods, but I have also eaten meat when I want to. Today, I woke up not wanting to, and caring about whether or not I do.

When I was a vegetarian and recovering from an eating disorder, I promised myself that if I woke up one day wanting a hamburger, I would eat it. Essentially, that's what happened.

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

You know, you are *such* a neat person. I like you lots and lots. :-)

-J

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Gosh, thanks. I like you lots and lots, as well, and I'm not just saying that for symmetry's sake. :-)

(Apparently, I am not now a vegetarian. *shrug* I have been describing myself as an ex-vegetarian for a few months, and that feels okay. So long as no one tries to make me eat gizzards, I think everything will be fine. *grin*)

Another data point

[baxil.livejournal.com]

In common usage over here, a metric fuckload is bigger than a regular fuckload by an undefined but specific geometric (=multiplicative) factor.

If there's a fuckload of stuff in the car, you go help your friend bring it in. If there's a metric fuckload, you call out all the roommates for aid.

Re: Another data point

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

*laugh* That's lovely.