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I'm not surprised really, ISO have standards for pretty much everything, why not Tea?
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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
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Why didn't they name it "Standard Brownian Motion Source Medium"?
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There are also British Standard turds - used for testing flush toilets
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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And a British Standard Finger - used for checking ventilation holes to ensure nothing nasty can be touched from the outside.
(I only know this because I once built a prototype mains powered device out of cardboard for demonstration on a customer site and we had to be sure the ventilation slots it needed were safe. Well, safe as mains equipment in a cardboard box could ever be...)
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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You might be comforted to know that, back when I worked in the industry and had access to the index and library, the US DoD had a MIL-SPEC for sheep. I don't recall the number, and doubt that it still exists, but the entire office got a good laugh about it when I pulled a copy for us to 'review' for relevance to our current project (designing ICBM ATE). Other ruminants were included in the same spec, IIRC.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Yes, but...
...only the French adulterer went to his assignations on a moped!
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Ahh, Edwina Curry. An early proponent of 50 Shades Of Grey.
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Please, it's almost noon and people might spill their lunch!
speramus in juniperus
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: people might spill their lunch
A sign of a true amateur that. A seasoned professional like yourself should have no problem with it.
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I was thinking of the script kiddies.
speramus in juniperus
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Spill your Gin!  The end is near.
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Don't worry, it's not going to happen. I once did a transatlantic trip with storms all the way, NO GIN WAS LOST.
speramus in juniperus
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Major admitted to the Thing and yet JFK denied rooting Munroe. FFS, I'd have had a f'in banner made. 
speramus in juniperus
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British had a different taste.. Oldies 
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Do not confuse British Taste with Major making the beast with a drag queen!
speramus in juniperus
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I just sicked in my mouth a little.
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Vilmos wins again! :fistPump:
speramus in juniperus
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: :fistPump:
And again.
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I was going to come back at you with a Geordie Shore based insult, then I googled some piccies to add to the insult.
I have removed all evidence of the previous comment and just wish to offer you my deepest sympathies.
speramus in juniperus
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Just shows that the British are about substance and not about superficial appearances.
At least I hope that is the case… 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Which lead me on a detour that ended here[^].
I realized it wasn't going to get any better. 
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