The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 day agoComing up with desserts that can be described as "colossal" is a proud American tradition.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down111
arrow-up1177arrow-down1imageComing up with desserts that can be described as "colossal" is a proud American tradition.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 day agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareMammyWhammy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up49·1 day agoThis is a “at what point does a knife become a sword” type of thing isn’t it?
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day agoIt’s already a modification to the word to describe something smaller (a cake baked in a cup), so going back the other way seems like a redundancy. Like a giant pygmy hippo. With your knife/sword example, maybe the best analogy is describing the shortest longsword.
minus-squareSocsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoI have a 14" carving knife which is considered a sword in some parts of Europe.
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThe smallest messer before it becomes a regular knife
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoMesser in English refers to the sword with knife handle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messer_(sword)
minus-squarespizzat2@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoSorry, I was just being silly. I am aware of the English meaning. I even linked to the same page you did. I guess I failed to communicate my snark properly.
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoNo worries, I misread stuff all the time so it doesn’t have to be on you :)
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-21 day agoNow I want more examples of a group sized thing adapted to be personal sized then reinterpreted to be group sized again. I’m coming up blank, but I guess a similar concept would be post-it note easel pads.
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoWhat? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoI think OP meant actual existing examples, not hypotheticals
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoHow rude! Now I’m not going to let you have a dip in my family sized kiddy pool.
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoI got one! Party bicycles! wagon (multi person) --> bicycle (single person) --> party bike (multi person) https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoAny pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agohttps://www.halfbakedharvest.com/giant-frosted-strawberry-pop-tart/
minus-square𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoAt what point is a van so big that it’s a bus?
minus-squarehuppakee@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoat what point is a bus so small it becomes a mini-van?
minus-squareMothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoYeah something like a Panettone Abomination. (I love real Panettone though)
minus-squareRose Thorne(She/Her)@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoAn unfrosted Double Dutch, at that. That is an offense in itself. You’re making it that large, toss on the fudge or Dutch chocolate icing with it.
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI mean, if it was cooked in a cup mold then it is a cup cake no matter the size
minus-squaremybuttnolie@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agogot it, cake with paper on it
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoEnjoyed with a double demitasse coffee with 2 half teaspoons of sugar and chilled steamed beef milk.
minus-squareNoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYou can’t have coffee AND Bovril.
So… a cake?
This is a “at what point does a knife become a sword” type of thing isn’t it?
It’s already a modification to the word to describe something smaller (a cake baked in a cup), so going back the other way seems like a redundancy.
Like a giant pygmy hippo.
With your knife/sword example, maybe the best analogy is describing the shortest longsword.
I have a 14" carving knife which is considered a sword in some parts of Europe.
IPad mini all over again.
The smallest messer before it becomes a regular knife
Confused German noises …
Messer in English refers to the sword with knife handle
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messer_(sword)
Sorry, I was just being silly. I am aware of the English meaning. I even linked to the same page you did. I guess I failed to communicate my snark properly.
No worries, I misread stuff all the time so it doesn’t have to be on you :)
Now I want more examples of a group sized thing adapted to be personal sized then reinterpreted to be group sized again.
I’m coming up blank, but I guess a similar concept would be post-it note easel pads.
What? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?
I think OP meant actual existing examples, not hypotheticals
How rude! Now I’m not going to let you have a dip in my family sized kiddy pool.
Aw man!
I got one! Party bicycles!
wagon (multi person) --> bicycle (single person) --> party bike (multi person)
https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/
Any pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/giant-frosted-strawberry-pop-tart/
At what point is a van so big that it’s a bus?
at what point is a bus so small it becomes a mini-van?
Yeah something like a Panettone Abomination.
(I love real Panettone though)
An unfrosted Double Dutch, at that.
That is an offense in itself. You’re making it that large, toss on the fudge or Dutch chocolate icing with it.
I mean, if it was cooked in a cup mold then it is a cup cake no matter the size
got it, cake with paper on it
basically, yeah
Enjoyed with a double demitasse coffee with 2 half teaspoons of sugar and chilled steamed beef milk.
You can’t have coffee AND Bovril.
In a dress