Jerry can.

    • fartographer@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      Every time I used to see that show up in the YouTube captions, I always thought it said “applesauce”

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    1 day ago

    Muh lifted VEEEIGHT FERRD F tree fiddy.
    It can even run a marathon afterwards.

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    23 hours ago

    For those of us in the states… Other countries empty out 2 litre soda bottles to measure out their gallons of gas. its an extra step, but pretty much the whole world has decided base 10 is better for some reason.

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      A jerry can is a container specifically for fuel. The name comes from the fact that the design we still use to this day was invented in Germany and allied forces would take nazi fuel containers after a conflict because they were of much better quality than what the allies had. A “Jerry” is a nickname for a German.

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            7 hours ago

            That’s what the character was known for, my dude. A wealth of knowledge on a momentary detail that was both surprising and oddly tangential.

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              7 hours ago

              He was known for saying stuff that sounded good but some critical thing(s) were totally wrong.

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                7 hours ago

                At least starting in season 2 where they started making all the characters gradually more cartoonish

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    So, can you buy WWII pattern jerry cans in the modern day without some godawful useless EPA mandated valve spout? The blow molded gas cans have been legislated to worthlessness.