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Demijohn
If a demijohn is half a John, how much wine does a full John hold?
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[/nq] As much as leaves one's stomach whence it came after one has drunk too much. A full John is never full for long unless it's stopped up. Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
- [/nq] As much as leaves one's stomach whence it came after one has drunk too much.
- A full John is never full for long unless it's stopped up.
- Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
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(Email Removed) wrote on 28 Dec 2003:
[nq:1]If a demijohn is half a John, how much wine does a full John hold?[/nq]
As much as leaves one's stomach whence it came after one has drunk too much. A full John is never full for long unless it's stopped up.
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
[nq:1]If a demijohn is half a John, how much wine does a full John hold?[/nq]
As much as leaves one's stomach whence it came after one has drunk too much. A full John is never full for long unless it's stopped up.
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.
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[nq:1]If a demijohn is half a John, how much wine does a full John hold?[/nq]
I can manage about a bottle and a half then I have to pee.
Though I should point out that a demijohn isn't actually half of anything. Depending who you'd like to believe, it is a corruption of the French 'Dame Jeanne' or of the Persian town Damghan or the Latin 'de mediana' (of medium size).
John De
I can manage about a bottle and a half then I have to pee.
Though I should point out that a demijohn isn't actually half of anything. Depending who you'd like to believe, it is a corruption of the French 'Dame Jeanne' or of the Persian town Damghan or the Latin 'de mediana' (of medium size).
John De
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