Assume v. Presume

[MikeSh]

BH has a good point though. Perhaps sell a license to draw rehydrated water from the punter's tap? They can fill their own bottles, no postal costs!

Yes, it's about time we are allowed to choose our water supplier like we can with gas and electric.

 

[Black Hole]

But it's the same bloody water/gas/electrons whoever claims to be supplying it!

 

[EEPhil]

Perhaps sell a license to draw rehydrated water from the punter's tap? They can fill their own bottles, no postal costs!

Hang on a minute! Didn't Severn-Trent Water just send me a bill to do exactly that?.
Anyway, this would not be rehydrated pure water.

 

[EEPhil]

But it's the same bloody water/gas/electrons whoever claims to be supplying it!

The shysters in the gas, electric and land-line telephone trade get away with it, why not water.

 

[EEPhil]

Plus, when the complaints come in all our customers will sound like Donald Duck so we can all kill ourselves laughing.

Now I know you're quackers.

 

[antipodean]

Minimize cost? Safety? Reliability?

Do they try and minimize how big a bang a bomb makes ???

 

[Deleted member 473]

Anyway, this would not be rehydrated pure water.

We don't need to tell them that!!! It's alternative water, homeopathically rehydrated.

 

[gomezz]

Homeopathic water would be a lot lighter to carry around when running. A sip would be the same as breathing in (unless in the driest of desert regions).

 

[EEPhil]

It's alternative water, homeopathically rehydrated.

Do you mean alternative water as defined by https://www.wras.co.uk/downloads/pu...er_systems_information_leaflet_and_guide.pdf/?

What do we mean by alternative water?
Alternative water covers a wide variety of sources from bore holes, river water, industrial process
water, as well as Water Reuse systems.
Water Reuse is the new term for what we used to know as water recycling or reclaimed water,
and covers rainwater harvesting as well as greywater treatment.

, and more .
Perhaps you mean water that is alternative by being heavier?

 

[Deleted member 473]

No, alternative as in alternative medicine!

But, if it brings in more money, yes!

 

[EEPhil]

No, alternative as in alternative medicine!

Alternative water would therefore imply quackery. (I spy Donald Duck again). But rehydrating dehydrated water is real, isn't it?

 

[Black Hole]

Getting back on track:

Why do we say "pair of binoculars" and "pair of compasses"?

 

[MikeSh]

Because they are like a pair of trousers - they have two 'legs'.
(Expecting the equivalent of the QI klaxon now )

 

[Black Hole]

Well, "binocular" already tells us it is for two eyes, so making it plural and adding "pair of" is entirely superfluous (unless one really means two of them). As far as compasses goes (or a pair of dividers, come to that), having only one "leg" would be pretty damn useless. Pair of trousers is another example of the same issue.

 

[Deleted member 473]

Would you prefer a brace of braces? Pant twins? A twosome of scissors? And why not a pair of shirts? Jackets?

What does a scissor look like? Or a pant?

English is dumb.

 

[Deleted member 473]

The antenna are inside the box

(Sorry Mike.)

 

[MikeSh]

(Sorry Mike.)

Yes, fair cop. I did think it might be wrong as I wrote it, but I was using the tablet in a spare few minutes and couldn't be bothered to go and check.

 

[MikeSh]

What does a scissor look like? Or a pant?

And what is the sound of one hand clapping?

 

[EEPhil]

What does a scissor look like?

A knife with an odd shaped handle.

Or a pant?

A village in Shropshire.

And what is the sound of one hand clapping?

A novel by Australian author Richard Flanagan.

 

[Deleted member 473]

Is it true that pants comes from pantaloons, which were originally two separate tubes joined by string round the waist, with a codpiece covering the front? I can't find any reliable evidence for it.