At the newsagents
I asked the young girl behind the counter for "Half a dozen first class stamps please". She gave me a rather puzzled look then turned to her boss and asked "Er, Mary.... wots arf a dozen? "
Don't you just love the British education system!
(Mackeson_drinker, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 19:05, 6 replies)

I bought 10 fags for £2.99 the other week.
The chap behind the counter used a calculator to work out the change from £5.

He was about 50. Not sure he was a product of the British education system, but he did run a fucking shop so you'd think he'd have half a clue.
(WillI'mNot logs in twice a year, every year, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 22:38, closed)

Not everything gets taught in school...
Some people learn through their parents and life in general. She obviously never came across it.

I'm not sure why I'm sticking up for her though... When I read that I thought she was as daft as you did. =S
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 2:24, closed)

Perhaps, you should have asked for
four grotes over a shepherd's flank...
... or "six" would have saved some syllables and blushes.
( @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 3:24, closed)

Half a dozen
is not really out of usage though is it. Still fairly common to hear it. I think more of these show how kids today really just don't listen to what goes on around them. If it doesn't directly effect them then they have absolutely no interest.
(Wagane, Sat 5 Mar 2011, 10:43, closed)

I'm 29 and still not overly sure... im going to go with six.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Tue 8 Mar 2011, 19:32, closed)

29 you say...
Surely a baker's dozen plus the number of pennyweights in an ounce less the quantity of pecks in one whole bushel, would be the better way of and should be how all British children are taught to count.
( @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 0:54, closed)