A "buttload" is apparently a formal unit of imperial measurement

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The metric system is the tool of the devil. My car gets 20 rods to the buttload and thats the way I like it.

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And about 1/4th of a Fuck ton

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https://www.bottigamba.com/index.php/it/

Botti Gamba translates wrongly as Casks Leg and the normally make metric casks…

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I was hoping someone would take that opportunity. Well played! Though your performance of it was a bit am-dram.

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“I’d like to send this letter to the Prussian Consulate in Siam by aeromail. Am I too late tor the 4:30 autogyro?”

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I thought I was the only one who still remembered Atom…

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Which would make it 10 Troy Fuck-Tons. Yes, Troy Tons exist: like Troy Ounces - the whole system is at 1/40th scale.

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https://www.google.com/search?q=bunghole+liquors+salem&newwindow=1&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwje2aOFsLfrAhUlvlkKHS9xCpAQ_AUoAXoECHQQAw&biw=1333&bih=808#imgrc=yo6qEwXeBD1gfM

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It IS Italian, and it just means barrel. It just doesn’t mean boot, nor has any connection with it. The English word boot, on the other hand, is apparently French origin (bote, a high thick shoe), and the origin of the French word is unknown. But I’d argue that it too was derived from the Latin “buttis”, mainly because it vaguely resembles a small jar shape.

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I’ve tried some. The ones I tasted were more like rye whiskey than British-style gin.

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Flounders. A buttload of flounders makes a mega-fishfry.

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That will cost you 50 extra bees.

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That is one of my very favorite little command-line gems. About the only thing I’d knock about it is the different syntax it uses for converting temperatures between Fahrenheit and Celsius.

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