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Football field? It was the size of a smallish door. Better analogies would be commonplace things like bathtubs or car doors, not dramaticlly oversized objects
by sandworm101 3y ago
Football field? It was the size of a smallish door. Better analogies would be commonplace things like bathtubs or car doors, not dramaticlly oversized objects like fields or office towers. It was about exactly the size of the emergency exit doors we all see when lucky enough to be seated in an exit row.
- richbell 3y agoIt's a joke.
- voisin 3y agoThis is the joke. Americans always use football fields for comparison, even when totally inappropriate.
- cthalupa 3y agoAs an American, I have never once in my life used a football field as a size comparison, nor have I heard it used as a size comparison for anything that wasn't roughly football field sized. It might be used more commonly in some places, but I was baffled by the joke as well.
- voisin 3y agoI actually think the stereotype comes not from normal Americans but rather from American journalism. It is in the news and magazines all the time. I am sure Google nGram could support this but I am heading out the door and can’t look it up until later.