Comments on: ELEPHANT SERVES GAS TO MOTORISTS http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:40:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Village Idiot http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-227833 Village Idiot Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:43:53 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-227833 Well, that's why my wife makes me post under this name. We are all sometimes stricken with cranial flatulence... I'm right about the word "monstrous" though, and the GOP comment was funny, but to be really honest the elephant would have to pump the gas in at the rear of the car (like the cars where the tank was accessed from behind the license plate) out of a different appendage than either his leg OR his trunk. Well, that’s why my wife makes me post under this name. We are all sometimes stricken with cranial flatulence…

I’m right about the word “monstrous” though, and the GOP comment was funny, but to be really honest the elephant would have to pump the gas in at the rear of the car (like the cars where the tank was accessed from behind the license plate) out of a different appendage than either his leg OR his trunk.

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-227019 Blurgle Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:16:01 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-227019 No, if a litre is 1.05 US quarts that means it is "slightly larger than a [US] quart", just like the article said. The litre is slightly smaller than an Imperial quart, but it is larger than a US quart. No, if a litre is 1.05 US quarts that means it is “slightly larger than a [US] quart”, just like the article said.

The litre is slightly smaller than an Imperial quart, but it is larger than a US quart.

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-226083 jayessell Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:05:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-226083 What? Nobody mentions that the gasoline should come out of the elephants' trunk? What?
Nobody mentions that the gasoline should come out of the elephants’ trunk?

]]> By: Village Idiot http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-226037 Village Idiot Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:38:19 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-226037 Popular Science is an American publication, isn't it? The writer must've consulted a British conversion table then! And going the other way, "monstrous" has gotten bigger and scarier than it used to be, unless it was the metric version of monstrous, which is only a fifth as monstrous as the American standard definition. Popular Science is an American publication, isn’t it? The writer must’ve consulted a British conversion table then!

And going the other way, “monstrous” has gotten bigger and scarier than it used to be, unless it was the metric version of monstrous, which is only a fifth as monstrous as the American standard definition.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-223435 Stannous Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:00:08 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-223435 I guess even in France the oil companies are associated avec le GOP. I guess even in France the oil companies are associated avec le GOP.

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-222222 Blurgle Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:16:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-222222 1 litre = 1.0566882 U.S. quarts 1 litre = 0.87987663 Imperial quarts So whether a litre is larger or smaller than a quart depends on whether you're American or not. 1 litre = 1.0566882 U.S. quarts
1 litre = 0.87987663 Imperial quarts

So whether a litre is larger or smaller than a quart depends on whether you’re American or not.

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-222208 Charlie Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:10:51 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-222208 I don't think that's true. According to <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=7oF&q=1+liter+in+quarts&btnG=Search" rel="nofollow">Google </a> a liter is 1.0566882 quarts. I do think it's crazy that they had to explain what a liter is though. I remember hearing a comedy routine about how the only good thing to come out of the drug war was that it taught our kids the metric system. I don’t think that’s true. According to Google a liter is 1.0566882 quarts. I do think it’s crazy that they had to explain what a liter is though.

I remember hearing a comedy routine about how the only good thing to come out of the drug war was that it taught our kids the metric system.

]]> By: Village Idiot http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-222178 Village Idiot Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:57:34 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/04/elephant-serves-gas-to-motorists/#comment-222178 I guess liters have shrunk since 1933, since they are now slightly smaller than a quart. Must be from evaporation... I guess liters have shrunk since 1933, since they are now slightly smaller than a quart. Must be from evaporation…

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