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?
Numero uno
I think they only give a “spot-o-blood”.
I think they give “A ‘aff liter, ol’ chap”
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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?
european pint = 20 oz.
i do miss getting a proper pint of cider.
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.
I thought it was a “Royale with Cheese”.
Well put, LF
“Le Big Mac”… pardon my French
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Europeans rely on American donated blood, then bitch that it isn’t red enough and how greedy the west is.
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.
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.
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: NË™mero 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.)
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!
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.