The Official "Say Anything" Thread

[Duck-Stew]

Yeah, damn it.

He knows it's coming so there's comfort in that.

[ducpainter]

Riddle me this...

If we as a country never adopted the metric system, why do we buy alcohol by the ml?

Whatever happened to fifths and half gallons?

[Randimus Maximus]

Riddle me this...

If we as a country never adopted the metric system, why do we buy alcohol by the ml?

Whatever happened to fifths and half gallons?

Google says the industry went to ml in 1976, in an effort to standardize things. 

From the NYT on 10/11/1976 (opening section only):

"Some time later this month should you happen to wander into your local liquor store and ask for a half‐gallon of Scotch, you may be surprised to learn that the half‐gallon has shrunk by almost 5 ounces to 1.75 liters. But don't worry. There should be a similar decrease in price, too.

On Oct. 1, the liquor industry officially went metric. As a result, all whisky, vodka and other distilled spirits sold in the United States may now be legally offered in metric‐sized bottles.

Instead of the confusing array of 38 different sizes and shapes now sold, liquor will be bottled in six standard sizes. For example, a fifth which is 25.6 fluid ounces, will he replaced by a slightly smaller 750 milliliter bottle, equivalent to 25.4 ounces. The old quart, or 32‐ounce bottle, wit he marketed as a liter holding 33.8 fluid ounces."

Link to full article, which includes a conversion table:  https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/11/archives/liquor-industry-converts-to-metric-system-liquor-industry-is.html#:~:text=1%2C%20the%20liquor%20industry%20officially,bottled%20in%20six%20standard%20sizes.

That being said, I can remember them being "fifths" and "half-gallons" long after that. It has only been recently that I've paid attention as volume pricing tends to be significantly more affordable...

[ducpainter]

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I know that they did it...but why just that industry?

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