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    There is an ISO standard...for Tea. As in cups of tea. ISO 3103:1980[^] How do I know this? XKCD What If?[^]

    Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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      There is an ISO standard...for Tea. As in cups of tea. ISO 3103:1980[^] How do I know this? XKCD What If?[^]

      Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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      OMG...OMG...OMG

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        There is an ISO standard...for Tea. As in cups of tea. ISO 3103:1980[^] How do I know this? XKCD What If?[^]

        Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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        We need an artist PRONTO! 0. Drawing of cup and saucer, kettle, and teapot [tea cosy optional] 1. Add caption "I'm IS0 3103 compliant, are you?" 2. Profit!

        speramus in juniperus

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          There is an ISO standard...for Tea. As in cups of tea. ISO 3103:1980[^] How do I know this? XKCD What If?[^]

          Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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          As Long as Germany exists there has to be a Standard for everything Because we can :cool:

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            We need an artist PRONTO! 0. Drawing of cup and saucer, kettle, and teapot [tea cosy optional] 1. Add caption "I'm IS0 3103 compliant, are you?" 2. Profit!

            speramus in juniperus

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            T-Shirts... Mugs... Biscuits... Ah, the merchandising, the merchandising... :laugh:

            Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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              As Long as Germany exists there has to be a Standard for everything Because we can :cool:

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              ISO - International Organization for Standardization It's international.. ...wait, I see the acronym is out of order, must be American. :doh: [Edit] Added joke icon.

              It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                T-Shirts... Mugs... Biscuits... Ah, the merchandising, the merchandising... :laugh:

                Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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                Nagy Vilmos
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                Clickity![^]

                speramus in juniperus

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                  ISO - International Organization for Standardization It's international.. ...wait, I see the acronym is out of order, must be American. :doh: [Edit] Added joke icon.

                  It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                  wahh sorry :suss: , i messed it up america was popular for the usermanuals modified the comment :)

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                    Clickity![^]

                    speramus in juniperus

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                    Status Code 418.

                    PB 369,783 wrote:

                    I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                      Status Code 418.

                      PB 369,783 wrote:

                      I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                      :thumbsup:

                      speramus in juniperus

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                        ISO - International Organization for Standardization It's international.. ...wait, I see the acronym is out of order, must be American. :doh: [Edit] Added joke icon.

                        It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                        Sorry to be such a nerd, according to ISO[^] it is

                        Quote: ISO

                        Our name Because 'International Organization for Standardization' would have different acronyms in different languages (IOS in English, OIN in French for Organisation internationale de normalisation), our founders decided to give it the short form ISO. ISO is derived from the Greek isos, meaning equal. Whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of our name is always ISO.

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                          Sorry to be such a nerd, according to ISO[^] it is

                          Quote: ISO

                          Our name Because 'International Organization for Standardization' would have different acronyms in different languages (IOS in English, OIN in French for Organisation internationale de normalisation), our founders decided to give it the short form ISO. ISO is derived from the Greek isos, meaning equal. Whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of our name is always ISO.

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                          You are a nerd. I guess I forgot the joke icon. :D Maybe it's because Apple won't let them use iOS. :)

                          It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                            ISO - International Organization for Standardization It's international.. ...wait, I see the acronym is out of order, must be American. :doh: [Edit] Added joke icon.

                            It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                            TIL it isn't "[the] International Standards Organisation", which IU'd assumed it was. Normally I'd assume this is the fault of the French, who ,depsite only one worthwhile country having native speakers (additionaly France also) insist that everything international uses French. Not so! In French it would be OIN. :wtf:

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                            I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                              There is an ISO standard...for Tea. As in cups of tea. ISO 3103:1980[^] How do I know this? XKCD What If?[^]

                              Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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                              I'm not surprised really, ISO have standards for pretty much everything, why not Tea?:confused:

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                                There is an ISO standard...for Tea. As in cups of tea. ISO 3103:1980[^] How do I know this? XKCD What If?[^]

                                Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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                                Why didn't they name it "Standard Brownian Motion Source Medium"?

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                                  ISO - International Organization for Standardization It's international.. ...wait, I see the acronym is out of order, must be American. :doh: [Edit] Added joke icon.

                                  It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                                  Nope, if it had been american it would have been called the "World Standardization Organization" - Compare with all those sports that are only played there. With the word "International" it's probably French. Which also would explain why the acronym is out of order. Atleast we know it's not German, then it would have a D for Deutsch in the acronym, and an I for industry. They certainly wouldn't use an international standard. The fact that an international standard would be identical with a subset of theirs is totally besides the point.

                                  Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                                    There is an ISO standard...for Tea. As in cups of tea. ISO 3103:1980[^] How do I know this? XKCD What If?[^]

                                    Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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                                    There are also British Standard turds - used for testing flush toilets

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                                      I'm not surprised really, ISO have standards for pretty much everything, why not Tea?:confused:

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                                      adriancs
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                                      and an ISO standard for human?

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                                        Nope, if it had been american it would have been called the "World Standardization Organization" - Compare with all those sports that are only played there. With the word "International" it's probably French. Which also would explain why the acronym is out of order. Atleast we know it's not German, then it would have a D for Deutsch in the acronym, and an I for industry. They certainly wouldn't use an international standard. The fact that an international standard would be identical with a subset of theirs is totally besides the point.

                                        Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                                        Well as far as i know we work with the DIN,EN and ISO here in Germany :) DIN -> German EN -> European ISO -> you said enough about that :)

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                                          and an ISO standard for human?

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                                          There isn't - there isn't even a holotype:

                                          Wiki on QI on the Perfect Human:

                                          Most species have a holotype, which is a standard shape to which other individuals are compared. Humanity does not have a holotype, though Linnaeus gave Homo sapiens its nomenclature, so it was felt the honour should go to him. The next aspirant, American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope, was disqualified because he had syphilis, which affected his skeleton. Bob Hope, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Raquel Welch were all nominated as "perfect" or the standard for humanity. Vitruvian Man demonstrates the dimensions of the human. The height is the length of the arms outstretched perpendicularly as a square, and when arms are spread at an angle with legs, it fits a circle. The image appears on the one Euro coin in Italy.

                                          YouTube QI discusses the Perfect Human[^]

                                          Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

                                          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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