Standards are every where, they desine what size your paper should be ([Iso 216](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_216)). Lighitnig levels are refranced in British standards, and DDA recomendations, so why not your cup of tea? yes you guessed it those wonderfull people at British standards institute have made [BS3103:1980](http://skippy.org.uk/wp-content/ISO%203103%201980.pdf), and even more tea related standards [here](http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/CatalogueListPage.CatalogueList?ICS1=67&ICS2=140&ICS3=10&scopelist=)
Oh and incase the only people you think are really sad are ISO, and BSI, The standard won the British Standards Institution the 1999 Ig Nobel Prize for Literature.
Now to find the Coffee BS, and the Hot Chocolate BS, so i can state tyhat the work coffee macheen is non compliant.
September 12th, 2006 at 9:03 pm
There’s a paper copy of this in the uni library: I made a photocopy of it and used it as the base for a birthday card for my mum, a great tea lover!
September 14th, 2006 at 11:01 am
Mmm. ISO-compliant tea. :)
September 14th, 2006 at 11:03 am
Though it makes a change, Skippy: you’re usually talking about a completely different kind of BS. :P
Well, maybe not completely diffrent.