Ben by Daniel Shelton for February 27, 2021

That’s some pretty concentrated powder if it only needs a gram.

It sure looks like he used a kilocup.

Thought Canadians used the metric system and that Ben was Canadian. When trying to figure the conversion I asked Siri. Never can remember the formula.

Even after years of measuring foods, I can only remember that 30 grams is an ounce.

1 gram = 1/4 teaspoon… a little vinegar in the water will get rid of the soap easily – makes a great dish water rinse too.

Well played Sir! You will never be asked to do laundry again. You will however have to help clean up your mess.

When I hear metric sizes on the TV, I convert them into feet, yards or miles, depending on what they’re talking about.

It is a good thing we never went whole hog into the metric system. Holy Crap!

If you are not sure, use an online unit converter. Saves a lot of aggravation.

i’m surprised they are using powered detergent. if they were using liquid it would be easier for him.

Ben’s sideline as a dope dealer was short-lived.

The US really needs to join the rest of the world and use the metric system. The scientific and engineering groups have already done so.

I never understood why we have to have 2 systems of measure. Pick one and teach whoever doesn’t get theirs how to understand the other.

And, no, a pound doesn’t equal a thousand gallons.

But the whole room will be lemony fresh for a while.

Made me look, but the measuring cup I have has ounces on one side and metric on the other side. But I have to agree with some idiot from R’lyeh above that 1 gram is pretty concentrated. It should have come with a warning label saying a little dab ’ll do ya.

Guess she won’t ask him to do laundry again?

It probably said something like use 300 grams, not 1 gram. I want to know why the laundry detergent is lemon scented? Dishwasher stuff, yes, but not laundry.

The ghost of the Mars Climate Orbiter strikes again.

There’s no “conversion” from grams to cups. A cup is a volume measurement, whereas a gram is weight. Now a cup of water weighs almost exactly 8 ounces (to be picky, it’s 236.59 Grams or 8.35 Ounces) but a cup of flour weighs about 125g or a bit over half of what the water weighs, and a cup of gold would be 4.5kg or a bit over 10 pounds. So there’s no “use an online unit converter” or “ask Siri.”

I use liquid detergent and the bottle cap is used to measure the amount needed with lines in it for different amounts.