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Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« on: September 28, 2009, 10:22:40 AM »
Forces Broadcasting were proud of the Royal Navy drug bust this morning proclaiming that the haul was '5? tonnes of drugs'.

The BBC later reported the haul was 'equivalent to five small family cars'.

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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2009, 10:26:01 AM »
 rubschin: What's that in football pitches?
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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2009, 10:28:19 AM »
Mind there's a f*ck of a lot of it  eeek:

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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2009, 10:30:14 AM »
Quote from: Snoopy on September 28, 2009, 10:26:01 AM
rubschin: What's that in football pitches?
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Football pitches is area like...

I think it equals 0.7 double-decker buses...  ;)
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Offline Uncle Mort

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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2009, 10:41:07 AM »
'equivalent to five small family cars'.


Is that kerb weight?
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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2009, 10:44:26 AM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on September 28, 2009, 10:41:07 AM
'equivalent to five small family cars'.


Is that kerb weight?
They didn't specify Uncle... nor the make or model...  noooo:
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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2009, 10:52:15 AM »
Just put it down to the BBC being full of patronising b@st@rds who think none of us can possible know what any quantity looks like without their "helpful" and "patient" explanations ~ then throw something at the screen.
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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2009, 11:24:17 AM »
Not sure if that photo shows all of it either:

212 bales of cocaine, weighing about 26kg each

That's enough information, no need to bring small family cars in to it at all.
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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2009, 11:28:31 AM »
And of course they fail to tell you that they are talking Tonnes rather than Tons ~ both sound the same on the wireless.

One tonne equals 1000 kg/2204.6 lb; equivalent to 0.9842 of an imperial ton.
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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2009, 12:35:49 PM »
What colour were the cars  rubschin:
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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2009, 12:37:49 PM »
White.
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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2009, 12:40:18 PM »
Dusty white, snorty white or injection white  rubschin:
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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2009, 12:46:13 PM »
Sorry I'm not very street-wise and up on that sort of thing. Why not ask your teenage daughter?  whistle:
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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2009, 12:50:17 PM »
That would involve a conversation ....sooooo not going to happen  noooo:
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Re: Sloppy BBC reporting # 86429
« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2009, 03:02:19 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on September 28, 2009, 11:24:17 AM
Not sure if that photo shows all of it either:

212 bales of cocaine, weighing about 26kg each

That's enough information, no need to bring small family cars in to it at all.

About 2600 bags of sugar then?
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