The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 16 hours agoComing up with desserts that can be described as "colossal" is a proud American tradition.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down19
arrow-up1145arrow-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 · 16 hours agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareMammyWhammy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up43·16 hours agoThis is a “at what point does a knife become a sword” type of thing isn’t it?
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·15 hours 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-up3·9 hours agoI have a 14" carving knife which is considered a sword in some parts of Europe.
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoThe smallest messer before it becomes a regular knife
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoMesser in English refers to the sword with knife handle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messer_(sword)
minus-squarespizzat2@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 hours 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-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-216 hours 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-up13·15 hours agoWhat? You don’t want to finish your party sized pizza bites?
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours agoI think OP meant actual existing examples, not hypotheticals
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 hours agoHow rude! Now I’m not going to let you have a dip in my family sized kiddy pool.
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 hours agoI got one! Party bicycles! wagon (multi person) --> bicycle (single person) --> party bike (multi person) https://www.scottsdalepinkpedaltours.com/
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agohttps://www.halfbakedharvest.com/giant-frosted-strawberry-pop-tart/
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 hours agoAny pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.
minus-square𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoAt what point is a van so big that it’s a bus?
minus-squarehuppakee@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoat what point is a bus so small it becomes a mini-van?
minus-squareMothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 hours agoYeah something like a Panettone Abomination. (I love real Panettone though)
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours 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-down1·13 hours agogot it, cake with paper on it
minus-squareRose Thorne(She/Her)@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 hours 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-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 hours agoEnjoyed with a double demitasse coffee with 2 half teaspoons of sugar and chilled steamed beef milk.
minus-squareNoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours 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.
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/
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/giant-frosted-strawberry-pop-tart/
Any pizza can be a personal pizza if you believe in yourself.
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)
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
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.
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