tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post5510503713298238928..comments2024-03-16T00:36:45.948-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Ron Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-21892778137817704852010-05-28T11:02:34.566-07:002010-05-28T11:02:34.566-07:00Believe it or not, a similar scenario was actually...Believe it or not, a similar scenario was actually played out in the Seinfeld episode "The Movie":<br /><br />(Elaine reaches the concessions stand and has to deal with the perky clerk.)<br /><br />Elaine: Uh, could I have a medium Diet Coke?<br /><br />Clerk: Do you want the Medium size or the middle size?<br /><br />Elaine: What's the difference?<br /><br />Clerk: Well, we have three sizes. Medium, Large, and Jumbo.<br /><br />Elaine: [momentarily perplexed] What happened to the small?<br /><br />Clerk: There is no small. Small is Medium.<br /><br />Elaine: What's... medium?<br /><br />Clerk: Medium is Large, and large is Jumbo.<br /><br />Elaine: Oh-kay. Gimme the large.<br /><br />Clerk: That's medium.<br /><br />Elaine: Right. Yeah. [fearing the answer] Could I have a small popcorn?<br /><br />Clerk: There is no small. [flash of perky inspiration] Child-size is small.<br /><br />Elaine: What's `medium'?<br /><br />Clerk: Adult.<br /><br />Elaine: Do adults ever order the child-size?<br /><br />Clerk: [chuckling] Not usually.<br /><br />Elaine: [laughs appreciably] Okay, gimme the `adult'.Commodorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-56440138915175415992009-05-08T00:49:00.000-07:002009-05-08T00:49:00.000-07:00This would make a great YouTube skit.This would make a great YouTube skit.THAT Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-60361175086731292632009-05-07T16:29:00.000-07:002009-05-07T16:29:00.000-07:00The elastic sleeve fittings for urinary relief tub...The elastic sleeve fittings for urinary relief tubes in Apollo program spacesuits used to come in three sizes: large, extra-large, and enormous.Picklenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-15541518022274833232009-05-07T04:23:00.000-07:002009-05-07T04:23:00.000-07:00I think the "regular" is actually a "regular." Th...I think the "regular" is actually a "regular." They just don't sell the small (which would have been 8-12 oz) any more because it's not as profitable.Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-182880663959007542009-05-06T19:10:00.000-07:002009-05-06T19:10:00.000-07:00I don't have nearly as big a beef with this as I d...I don't have nearly as big a beef with this as I do with Detroit so thoroughly altering the definition of "compact". It used to mean "not wasting space". It wasn't a measure of total volume. Now it means "small", which is annoying because, while we have no terms that mean "not wasting space", we already have several that mean "small". <br /><br />Grumble grumble.B322https://www.blogger.com/profile/18257802768718375656noreply@blogger.com