In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
Martin writes:
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| Half a Maclaren, when used as a measure of the size of runner beans,
| is 3".
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| Your nowt but a wee lad, Nick.

Well, I would be, if I were a runner bean! Now, being brought up more
on sweetcorn than runner beans, half a Maclaren is 5" and 1.5" thick.
A full Maclaren is too much for most Brits.

LOL!
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Gordon H