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Milk?
From the Tea challenge. See all 208 entries (closed)
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Fri 9 Sep 2011, 11:53,
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Well a good brew is a thing of near-divine joy.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Fri 9 Sep 2011, 12:07,
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That's an impressive milk floatsorry
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Sunburn Go on.... It's character building!,
Fri 9 Sep 2011, 12:06,
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I'm loving this compoMainly because it led me to this page: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpotOfTea
"British Tanks contain "a boiling vessel (BV) also known as a kettle or "bivvie" for water which can be used to brew tea, produce other hot beverages and heat "boil-in-the-bag" meals contained in ration packs. Note that this is an absolute requirement, and a unique one, for British armoured vehicles."
"Certain early machine guns were water-cooled, and the British discovered that, just like hot water from other sources (imagine!), the water could be used to make tea when you were done with it. In fact, it was so efficient at heating the water (it reached boiling after just a few seconds of sustained fire) that the British were apparently known to fire the guns just to make their tea."
"British Prime Minister Earl Grey gave his name to an aromatic blend of tea, which is pretty much all that most people know about him. Given that his other major achievements were, you know, reforming Parliament to be in shouting distance of democracy for the first time, and banning slavery throughout the British Empire, this says a lot about the relative importance of liberty and tea."
"During half-time during the FA Cup Final, extra power generation capability is online to cope with all the kettles being boiled. Electric kettles sold in the British Isles are generally rated at 3 kW - it's generally not possible (ignoring the voltage differences) to use an appliance that uses so much power in North American households without getting your kitchen re-wired. A NEMA 5-20R (T-slot) outlet typically found in modern kitchens in the US will only deliver a maximum of around 2.4 kW. There are lower power kettles (cheap junk sold in the UK can be anything from 1.5-2 kW) but they're slow as hell in comparison. This is the reason why rapid-response power stations such as Dinorwig were built, which can from idling to full power within seconds to accommodate sudden surges in demand. That's right: in the UK they've built specialist power stations inside mountains just so the entire nation can use their high-powered kettles at the same time."
"Immediately after the recent televised wedding of Prince William and now-Duchess Kate ended, British utilities reported a surge of electricity consumption approximating 2,400 megawatts, or about 1 million households boiling kettles. (This was not the all-time record; that'd be 2,800 MW consumed right after the 1990 World Cup England-Germany semifinal game ended.)"
Gawd, makes you proud, dunnit?
("British Tanks contain "a boiling vessel (BV) also known as a kettle or "bivvie" for water which can be used to brew tea, produce other hot beverages and heat "boil-in-the-bag" meals contained in ration packs. Note that this is an absolute requirement, and a unique one, for British armoured vehicles."
"Certain early machine guns were water-cooled, and the British discovered that, just like hot water from other sources (imagine!), the water could be used to make tea when you were done with it. In fact, it was so efficient at heating the water (it reached boiling after just a few seconds of sustained fire) that the British were apparently known to fire the guns just to make their tea."
"British Prime Minister Earl Grey gave his name to an aromatic blend of tea, which is pretty much all that most people know about him. Given that his other major achievements were, you know, reforming Parliament to be in shouting distance of democracy for the first time, and banning slavery throughout the British Empire, this says a lot about the relative importance of liberty and tea."
"During half-time during the FA Cup Final, extra power generation capability is online to cope with all the kettles being boiled. Electric kettles sold in the British Isles are generally rated at 3 kW - it's generally not possible (ignoring the voltage differences) to use an appliance that uses so much power in North American households without getting your kitchen re-wired. A NEMA 5-20R (T-slot) outlet typically found in modern kitchens in the US will only deliver a maximum of around 2.4 kW. There are lower power kettles (cheap junk sold in the UK can be anything from 1.5-2 kW) but they're slow as hell in comparison. This is the reason why rapid-response power stations such as Dinorwig were built, which can from idling to full power within seconds to accommodate sudden surges in demand. That's right: in the UK they've built specialist power stations inside mountains just so the entire nation can use their high-powered kettles at the same time."
"Immediately after the recent televised wedding of Prince William and now-Duchess Kate ended, British utilities reported a surge of electricity consumption approximating 2,400 megawatts, or about 1 million households boiling kettles. (This was not the all-time record; that'd be 2,800 MW consumed right after the 1990 World Cup England-Germany semifinal game ended.)"
Gawd, makes you proud, dunnit?
emvee cruor deo cruoris,
Fri 9 Sep 2011, 12:09,
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It's not often that I use the "I like this" button on a reply, but this is one such occasion.Particularly loving the Early Grey one. I for one had no idea about the whole reforming/slavery things... there again I imagine the Earl of Sandwich* did some pretty impressive stuff too.
* Got a feeling this is one of those QI siren things, but what the hell...
(* Got a feeling this is one of those QI siren things, but what the hell...
barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Fri 9 Sep 2011, 12:14,
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Yeah, but QI sirens should always be taken with a pinch of salt"...there's no real evidence that..." whitters Fry.
Or worse, "..one lone crackpot in Kazakhstan disputes the theory that the whole of the rest of science agrees to be correct, and therefore your correct answer is wrong."
(Or worse, "..one lone crackpot in Kazakhstan disputes the theory that the whole of the rest of science agrees to be correct, and therefore your correct answer is wrong."
Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 9 Sep 2011, 12:27,
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TL;DR(Tea's Lovely; Damn Right)
( Sunburn Go on.... It's character building!,
Fri 9 Sep 2011, 12:15,
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tldrbut haha just in case
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Ham o' Shatner -.-- --- ..- .-. / .- .-.. .-.. / --. .- -.--,
Fri 9 Sep 2011, 12:37,
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thanks an interesting read
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real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy,
Fri 9 Sep 2011, 13:36,
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