On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:14:05 GMT, Phred wrote:

> In article >, blake murphy > wrote:
>>On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:04:25 GMT, Phred wrote:
>>
>>> In article
>> >, Cindy
>> Hamilton > wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>>Well, I do use a scale to weigh out my Cheerios in the morning.
>>>
>>> You eat Cheerios in the *morning*? I guess that comes with driving on
>>> the wrong (Right) side of the road!
>>>
>>> Here, we eat Cheerios in the *evening*; with a cold stubbie or more of
>>> a good beer; before dinner! ;-)
>>
>>o.k., what's a stubbie? a sausage?
>
> G'day Blake,
>
> It once was a simple half bottle of beer/ale/lager and pretty much
> looked like a half bottle with a very short neck.
>
> However, the yuppies have got into it and it has been remodelled to a
> more sophisticated form that the wannabees are *happy* to drink from
> rather than be embarrassed by the simple crassness of the original.
>
> Along with this aesthetic change the marketing scam merchants have
> been at work and the modern stubbie has shrunk from an honest half
> bottle (13 fl.oz. or 375 ml) to a wimpy (but more profitable) 330 ml.
> (In truth, the blue collar beers have tended to remain at 375; it's
> more usually the expensive sophisticates choices that have shrunk, so
> all is not lost! ;-)
>
> Cheers, Phred.

ah, o.k. i misread 'a stubbie or more *of* good beer.'

in the u.s. (and maybe elsewhere) we would call a small bottle of beer a
'pony,' but that is smaller than what you're talking about, six or seven
ounces (177-207 ml.).

most american beers come in twelve-ounce bottles or cans as standard. i
guess australians drink more beer.

rolling rock, an all-american swill, is available in seven-ounce bottles,
affectionately known as 'pocket rockets.'

your pal,
blake