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12 inches -- error?

posted 14 years ago by sicksense
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At one point in the movie, someone mentioned something about Dave having a 12-inch package (or something like that). Shouldn't they have said it in centimeters?

[–] hwvandenberg1947 14 years ago

Err, no! The UK is, in reality, only partly metric - we stil use pints for beer and miles for distances, not kilometres.

I would bet most men know the size of their "package" in inches (average 6" apparently, so Dave is a bit special!), but would be pushed to know it it centimeters!!

Sounds more impressive in centimeters though - for Dave it would be around 36cms!!

Interesting question though....

Edit - Oh and the movie is set in 1971 - the year the UK went decimal!

[–] Spunky_Star 14 years ago

I think the other guy was just joking around when he said 12 inches.

It was probably big (bad guy asking "is that real), but his mate wouldn't have know the exact size.

He was just having a dig, he could have said ten foot dick. I don't think it was meant to be taken literally.

[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

I don't think it was meant to be taken literally.

Yes, he was impressed because his mate Dave was picked by Vogel's mob to make a porn film. 🐭

[–] boyzey 14 years ago

I think you'll find that "packages" will be measured in inches no matter where you're from ;)

[–] Judimex 13 years ago

6 inches is average? lol

Not from the boyfriends I´ve had mate.

If it harms none, do what thou wilt.

[–] Angry_Afghan 13 years ago

More like 7 then?

Shouldn't they have said it in centimeters?

This is a common misunderstanding among North Americans, that is, believing that British people in everyday speech use exactly the same measurements systems as continental Europe. It is true that we are officially metric, but road signs are exclusively in miles, beer is served in pints and the NHS makes references to both systems when dealing with height and weight. At best the Americans that make this mistake might think that the UK went decimal much earlier than 1971, and at worst they fail to realise the origin of their own system!

[–] junka22 12 years ago

But 12cm is ridiculously small and I thought they were saying it was big, I mean mine is 20cm and yeah, I am well endowed, but... steering off the subject here

[–] dandouglasuk 11 years ago

The film was set in 1971 when the UK was pretty much exclusively Imperial. Even now inches would be used for this particular type of measurement.

[–] trifocal_skink 9 years ago

Everyone everywhere refers to it in inches

[–] onechinnerdonch 7 years ago

Height of people in the UK is still exclusively said in feet and inches - as is the male genital. So - no it would not be said it cm ' s.

[–] onechinnerdonch 7 years ago

Also - in 1971 pounds and ounces etc were the norm.

[–] onechinnerdonch 7 years ago

Also - don't forget - feet and inches comes from BRITAIN!!