On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:23:59 +0100, Andy Dingley
wrote:

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:14:10 +0100, Frank Erskine
wrote:

Why not ½ or ¼ inch, which it really is?

It's probably illegal to call it such, under the "prevention of straight
bananas act"

Apparently not, in view of a recent backslide by the 'EU' (or whatever
it calls itself this week).

--
Frank
Foot, pint and pound are perfectly sound.