Apologies to my Australian readers, since I don’t think it would roll off the tongue very well if you had to say, The whole eight-hundred twenty-two point nine-six centimeter ball of enchilada wax. You should go back to your British and American roots fer cryin’ out loud. The metric system was a French invention after all.
French’n vention. That rolls off the tongue real nice, come to think. I could wax poetic:
He sat on a bench an’Okay, I’m outta here. Good night.
picked up his wrench an’
thought he would mention
a French invention
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Hey, I like that! The Whole Nine-yard of Ball of Enchilada Wax. Wonder what it tastes like?
Are you constantly thinking about these things?
hhh…I think of things and sometimes let them ferment for year before they're ripe. I wouldn't say it's constant, though. Just often. Like most of the time, I guess. Yeah, constant.
Yeah, well, French metric only took over here in 1966. And enchiladas only became popluar in the 80s. I remember a jingle from the 60s and it would probably not roll off the US tongue as neatly either, even though there is a Yankee influence here:
Pounds, shillings and pence
The monkey jumped the fence
He jumped so high
He hit the sky
And didn't come back till the fourth of July
So I think Aussies may have been thinking about their American cousins for some reason that year, as we don't celebrate the 4th of July.
Let's see...
Dollars, quarters and pennies...
The monkey hasn't any
He jumped so high he hit the sky
And didn't come back till the interest rate dived
Sorry Hil.
I feel sorry for people from foreign countries coming to the US and trying to figure out our goofy coins. The one cent piece says “one cent.” It doesn’t have a numeral 1, but the word “one.” The five-cent coin doesn’t have a 5 on it, the ten-cent coin says “One Dime!” What the heck is a DIME? The 25¢ coin says Quarter Dollar. We might as well say that unless you’re born here, don’t expect to be able to spend money here without trusting the person who’s making change.
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