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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 71 points 2 years ago

The fact that the brexiteers considered this is just mind boggling.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 63 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The fact that 98.7 percent of over 100k people could agree on anything is amazing to me.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

What the hell is "percent"? Convert that to Imperial Horsehooves or get out

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Holy shit the pint of wine measure is hilarious

They're definitely doing that to present as a success story and save face with the red faced express reader demographic.

Wahey, some bottles might contain an extra double shot of wine!

~~Not that I imagine anything was stopping wine makers from selling bottles that size, just not calling it a pint.~~

Edit: okay they couldn't before, but I still don't see many jumping at the opportunity to retool their bottling for a weird size they can only sell here

[–] towerful@programming.dev 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Standard bottles of wine are generally 750ml tho. So a pint would be less.
The current small bottles are 187ml (personal?) and 375ml (half/demi).
So, 568ml just doesn't fit. And I have no idea who would actually produce them.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Especially when the 500ml measure already legally exists—y'know that bottle size you never see because what's the point of it

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a confused American, why does 187ml size exist? My confusion is not with the metric system, I'm fluentish. But... Why so small? I don't think I've ever seen a bottle of wine smaller than 500ml, and even that is pretty teeny. That's the size of a water bottle. Am I just not shopping at the right liquor stores, or is this a British thing to do shots of wine?

[–] nous@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I think it is for travel and hospitality places. Not something you would typically buy in a shop or liquor store but more a hotel or at an airport or similar.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

1/3 pint is 189 ml, so basically a glass of wine at 1/4 a bottle is a third of a pint. It's pretty much the sweet spot where metric and imperial meet for volume measurements.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

What a shock /s

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

TLDR, pint sized wine bottle is the best we'll ever get from Brexit

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I haven't looked this up, but I'm willing to bet that, just like every other "Brexit Freedom" they've shouted about, there was nothing stopping this from happening before Brexit.
See: bendy bananas, COVID quick rollout etc etc etc Every. Single. Time.

[–] nous@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Don't forget about the blue passports!