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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: 23 Oct 2024 00:57:50 GMT
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On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:50:27 -0000 (UTC), Peter Dean wrote:

> In alt.folklore.computers Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2024-10-21, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 21 Oct 2024 19:33:03 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Add up all those milliliters and pretty soon you have another bottle
>>>> of booze to sell.
>>>
>>> Make them say “millilitres” first ... if they can’t, don’t sell it to
>>> ’em ...
>> 
>> Easy.  It's pronounced "see see".
>> 
> We just say mills.  Everyone knows what you mean.  Once you eradicate
> medieval measuring systems, life is so much easier.

Yup. In fact I bought a box of 9 mills this afternoon.