*sputters* "The Metric System is the tool of the Devil! My car gets forty rods to the hog's head, and that's the way I likes it!"
Thank you. FYI, I am neither pro nor anti imperial measures; it's just that being young, I understand the Metric system much more and so that is my default stance. Still, a victory for the UK, etc etc.
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How many FEET high is the middle finger on the statue of John Bull poised toward Brussels?
If I may wheel out an old favourite of mine...
*sputters* "The Metric System is the tool of the Devil! My car gets forty rods to the hog's head, and that's the way I likes it!"
Thank you. FYI, I am neither pro nor anti imperial measures; it's just that being young, I understand the Metric system much more and so that is my default stance. Still, a victory for the UK, etc etc.
Oh, and I must admit: a Pint sounds better than whatever the metric equivalent.
(Probably tastes better, too)
Forty rods to a hog's head *sniggers*
Honestly, the metric system's fine, even if it came about through the French Revolution.
To each his own is my policy; I just hates it when little statists try to ram something down people's throats...legislation, boots, and so on.
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