Stone????WHAT!?
BeaUtiful_1413
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What does this mean? I seen people say they lost 3-5 stone? What does this mean and how do you know what's what? Please explain!
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It's a weight measurement used in the UK.1
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1 stone = 14 lbs6
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BeaUtiful_1413 wrote: »What does this mean? I seen people say they lost 3-5 stone? What does this mean and how do you know what's what? Please explain!
It's a unit of measurement they use on the other side of the water. It's 14 pounds.0 -
It's a weight measurement. It's about 6'5 kg.0
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We live in the past. Don't mind us.21
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Hell_Flower wrote: »We live in the past. Don't mind us.
shhh...it's nicer here, we have bone china and scones too21 -
Haha ok I was soooooo confused. Thank you guys0
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I'd like to lose 4 stone, but I'll settle for 56lb
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Hell_Flower wrote: »We live in the past. Don't mind us.
shhh...it's nicer here, we have bone china and scones too
I'm assuming bone china is china made of bone rather than porcelain?
And I have to admit...I've never known what a scone is but I've always imagined it's a distant relative to an ice cream cone.0 -
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This is hilarious xD
@Carlos_421 A scone is like a little dense cake, a lot of the time they have raisins in them and are usually eaten with jam or cream while drinking tea.
I'm english but living in Spain so don't really have access to scones, but the whole "english people drink a lot of tea" thing is definitely true!5 -
Hell_Flower wrote: »We live in the past. Don't mind us.
shhh...it's nicer here, we have bone china and scones too
Ooooh, scones. With clotted cream and jam and a nice cup of tea. Drool.10 -
But the question is, cream first or jam first?1
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I do cream first with a dollop of jam on top.1
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This is hilarious xD
@Carlos_421 A scone is like a little dense cake, a lot of the time they have raisins in them and are usually eaten with jam or cream while drinking tea.
I'm english but living in Spain so don't really have access to scones, but the whole "english people drink a lot of tea" thing is definitely true!
That's hardly as exciting as what I've always imagined.
I've always envisioned a waffle cone folded taco style filled with ice cream and birthday cake.
I think my idea is better.6 -
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And now I know what I'm doing next ...buttermilk scones coming up0
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The English screwed it up for us in America. Wished we would have used the metric system for measurements. It would have been so much easier in calculations. The only things they want in more pounds in the UK is money.
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So y'all just throw some heavy cream on your biscuits and jelly and call it a scone? Then call it different kinds of scones based on whether you go cream or jelly first.
Got it.
Y'all need to start deep frying stuff.12 -
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Carlos_421 wrote: »
It's clotted cream. Yum.0 -
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The English screwed it up for us in America. Wished we would have used the metric system for measurements. It would have been so much easier in calculations. The only things they want in more pounds in the UK is money.
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3rd down at the 25 meter line...
Nope, just doesn't do it for me.4 -
And don't forget the argument about how to pronounce scone - is it "scon" to rhyme with gone or "scown " to rhyme with own. I'm a softy southerner (UK) so I say the second version. And I weigh 10 stone not 140 pounds on a good day.4
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Carlos_421 wrote: »So y'all just throw some heavy cream on your biscuits and jelly and call it a scone? Then call it different kinds of scones based on whether you go cream or jelly first.
Got it.
Y'all need to start deep frying stuff.
Go to Scotland. Deep fry all of the things there, including meat pies, Mars bars and pizza. I'm Scottish now living in England where they don't deep fry as many things. Fried food is delicious.
A scone with ice cream would be terrible, the texture of a scone is quite uniquely suited to jam and clotted cream. I'm not a cream fan generally but clotted? Give me a spoon!3 -
Biscuits (the US version) and scones are actually quite similar. Sweet scones are like biscuits with fruit and sugar in the dough. Savoury scones are like biscuits with cheese and herbs/spices in the dough.
And jam first always. Heathens.6 -
VintageFeline wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »
It's clotted cream. Yum.
Clotted is such an...appetizing word...9 -
Hard to break habits. Lol, the ball is a centimeter short of a first. Yeah, not the same kind of relevance.Carlos_421 wrote: »The English screwed it up for us in America. Wished we would have used the metric system for measurements. It would have been so much easier in calculations. The only things they want in more pounds in the UK is money.
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3rd down at the 25 meter line...
Nope, just doesn't do it for me.
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