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What is the metric equivalent of a butt load?
14 years ago
Hello Mr and Mrs America, and all the Furs at sea:
Get a load of this...
There is an exact unit of volume called the butt.
See Webster's dictionary:
Butt: a measure of liquid capacity equal to 126 gallons or two hogs heads.
From another dictionary:
An English butt is 2 hogshead of 54 imperial gallons each or ~129.7 US gallons (i.e., a UK butt is apparently slightly bigger than a US one).
A Spanish butt is based on a wine cask and is equivalent to 140 US gallons or ~116.6 UK gallons (i.e., a Spanish butt is bigger still).
So next time someone says they have a "butt load" of stuff, just remember, that is about two 55-gallon barrels worth of stuff.
To recap...
1 butt equals:
* 2 hogsheads (this is probably the easiest to remember for social occasions)
* 476.961 liters
* 126 gallons
* 104.917 UK gallons
* 13.5347 bushels
* 0.131592 cords
* 11.6574 firkins
* 4032 gills
* 21504 ponys
* 4032 noggins
* 1008 pints
* 96768 teaspoons
* 12.0308 ephahs
* 1.58987x10^7 drops
* 10752 jiggers
* 16128 shots
* 629.504 wine bottles
* 630 fifths
And the punchline...
One microbutt = 0.0968 teaspoons.
--Rick
There is an exact unit of volume called the butt.
See Webster's dictionary:
Butt: a measure of liquid capacity equal to 126 gallons or two hogs heads.
From another dictionary:
An English butt is 2 hogshead of 54 imperial gallons each or ~129.7 US gallons (i.e., a UK butt is apparently slightly bigger than a US one).
A Spanish butt is based on a wine cask and is equivalent to 140 US gallons or ~116.6 UK gallons (i.e., a Spanish butt is bigger still).
So next time someone says they have a "butt load" of stuff, just remember, that is about two 55-gallon barrels worth of stuff.
To recap...
1 butt equals:
* 2 hogsheads (this is probably the easiest to remember for social occasions)
* 476.961 liters
* 126 gallons
* 104.917 UK gallons
* 13.5347 bushels
* 0.131592 cords
* 11.6574 firkins
* 4032 gills
* 21504 ponys
* 4032 noggins
* 1008 pints
* 96768 teaspoons
* 12.0308 ephahs
* 1.58987x10^7 drops
* 10752 jiggers
* 16128 shots
* 629.504 wine bottles
* 630 fifths
And the punchline...
One microbutt = 0.0968 teaspoons.
--Rick
--Rick
A Spanish butt is based on a wine cask and is equivalent to 140 US gallons or ~116.6 UK gallons (i.e., a Spanish butt is bigger still).
I like big butts yes I do.
i love finding info like this and sharing these gems as well
--Rick