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December 20, 2004
They Call it a "Royale with Cheese"
Posted by Frank J. at 11:10 AM | View blog reactions | Comments (21)

Just gave a pint of blood which got me thinking: In Europe, do they give a liter of blood? Actually, since a liter is bigger, do they give 0.568 liters to equal a good ole American pint? So, do any of my nationally challenged (i.e., foreign) readers know the answer to that one?

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21 Responses To "They Call it a "Royale with Cheese""

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#1 - Posted by: coloradoguy on December 20, 2004 11:15 AM

I think they only give a "spot-o-blood".

#2 - Posted by: gaskar on December 20, 2004 11:27 AM

I think they give "A 'aff liter, ol' chap"
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#3 - Posted by: Greg Sullivan on December 20, 2004 11:39 AM

You sure you got those conversions right, Frank?

Pint = 16 oz.
Quart = 32 oz
Liter = 33.8 oz

Pint = 0.473 liters.

They probably round it off at half a liter.

I'm guessing you're an engineer at NASA. Worked on that Mars rover thing, did ya?

#4 - Posted by: Justin Buist on December 20, 2004 11:42 AM

european pint = 20 oz.

i do miss getting a proper pint of cider.

#5 - Posted by: otherkatie on December 20, 2004 11:48 AM

They don't give blood, because all of theirs is tainted with cow brain disease. Those loser foreigners suck away our supply like the worthless vampires they are.

#6 - Posted by: eric on December 20, 2004 11:48 AM

I thought it was a "Royale with Cheese".

#7 - Posted by: LF on December 20, 2004 12:01 PM

Well put, LF

#8 - Posted by: Frank J. on December 20, 2004 12:28 PM

"Le Big Mac"... pardon my French

#9 - Posted by: Army NCO Guy on December 20, 2004 12:49 PM

Here in Norway they apparently take out 0,5 liter. Not that I would know, since the only things I give away for free are wedgies and insults.

#10 - Posted by: ghostofgoldwater on December 20, 2004 01:26 PM

Depends on where you are in Europe.
The Dutch, Finns, Swedes and Norwegians give 2 litres at a time. That's why they're soooo white.

#11 - Posted by: on December 20, 2004 01:59 PM

Actually, certain European nations ( couch germany cough france couch belgium cough) don't give blood. They steal it from muslim guestworkers then trade it for oil.

#12 - Posted by: FormerHostage on December 20, 2004 02:04 PM

You forget, Frank, they aren't American, so they don't give blood. They're nationally challenged and don't care about anyone. Plus, there's a huge fear in the EU that they might accidently give someone Jewish blood, and you know how Europe feels about them... So they just don't donate.

#13 - Posted by: Junglejake on December 20, 2004 02:56 PM

They just round down to .5 liters. They're all so scrawny they'll take any blood they can get, and .068 liters isn't dink anyway.

#14 - Posted by: dipnut on December 20, 2004 03:39 PM

I think that we actually measure blood donations by weight here. Didn't the nurse put the plastic bag on a scale that rang a bell when you got to the required weight?

I give platelets, myself. Whole different technology and procedure. Whatever you give, you're making a difference.

#15 - Posted by: Silicon Valley Jim on December 20, 2004 03:42 PM

The Europeans rely on American donated blood, then bitch that it isn't red enough and how greedy the west is.

#16 - Posted by: Dougster on December 21, 2004 02:13 AM

Well here in Ya ol Hermany (Germany) we do give blood. I'm American so I have to because I want to be loved by the Germans and the French. Yah right! I do it because it's the right thing to do and the nurses are really hot!

I gave 1 Liter last week. Any more than that and I couldn't see straight.

#17 - Posted by: mulch on December 21, 2004 03:21 AM

Well here in Ya ol Hermany (Germany) we do give blood. I'm American so I have to because I want to be loved by the Germans and the French. Yah right! I do it because it's the right thing to do and the nurses are really hot!

I gave 1 Liter last week. Any more than that and I couldn't see straight.

#18 - Posted by: mulch on December 21, 2004 03:57 AM

I don't know about Europe. But when I lived in Brazil, I donated blood. They took 400 ml.

By the way, the question/interview process for donating blood in Brazil is quite different...at least for me, it was:

Interviewer: Número um: o que é sua nacionalidade? (Number one: what is your nationality?)

Me: Americano. (American.)

Interviewer: Tá bom! Isso é todas as perguntas. Pode se sentar nessa cadeira. (Okay! That's all the questions. You can sit in that chair.)

#19 - Posted by: shepshep on December 21, 2004 08:59 AM

If memory serves me correctly a pint in England is 20oz. Or what I refer to as a 'proper pint.' Much more manly than the timid American 16oz pint.

As far as blood goes: Dunno. I think they don't allow Brits to give blood 'cause of Mad Cow's Disease and 28 Days Later and all that. At least that's what the fairy Red Cross worker told me. Since I spent more than six months in the UK they think I'm as mad as a loon.

Well, they may be right but I should be able to at least give a pansy American pint when I want! Don't they know who I am? I served in the Gulf War!

#20 - Posted by: El Jefe on December 21, 2004 08:04 PM

Here in Denmark we donate 500 ml blood at a time (roughly a pint). Giving blood is fun, as the pretty nurses give you chocolate bars and touch you with their soooooft hands.
Otto.

#21 - Posted by: Otto on December 26, 2004 10:44 AM
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