Metric v Imperial

[Curious Orange]

Or even Centigrade or Celsius?

Anyway, I'm generally of the opinion that it is better to have smaller numbers for things. Therefore the mile is superior to the kilometre. Think about it, you travel abroad and see a sign-post saying somewhere is 50 kilometres away, and you're thinking "that's a bit of a way off" when in fact its only just down the road - 50 kilometres is just trying to sound impressive.

I ask you, what sounds better 5 ft 10, or 175 centimetres? 5 ft 10 obviously! There is economy to it.

I blame the French, if they hadn't had that fit of pique with their aristocracy we wouldn't be having this conversation.

 

[Woodchip]

I use both. Normally on the same piece of work... (33 cm * 20")

 

[pasty]

Reminds me of my favourite April fools joke in a newspaper. Quite a few years back, I think it was the Torygraph ran a story when the channel tunnel was near completion.

The story ran that the French, tunneling from their side had used Metric measurements, and the Brits, tunneling from this side had used Imperial. Therefore, when the two were supposed to meet, they'd missed.

 

[Cantona's Flying Dropkick]

Both.

But mostly Imperial.

 

[Withnail]

When you go in a pub do you ask for a 0.57 litre of beer? Imperial all the way. God save the Queen.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I remember some wonderful little rhymes that were printed on cornflake packets to help us make the conversion when cornflakes first started to come in 750g packets.

"A litre of water's a pint and three-quarters"

"Two and a quarter pounds of jam weighs about a kilogram"


The best piece of information to remember is that a Smartie weighs exactly one gram. There are 28 in a tube - exactly the number of grams in an ounce.

Don't you feel cheated now you know that they made Smarties in metric sizes and sold them in imperial?

 

[dougdeep]

I remember some wonderful little rhymes that were printed on cornflake packets to help us make the conversion when cornflakes first started to come in 750g packets.

"A litre of water's a pint and three-quarters"

"Two and a quarter pounds of jam weighs about a kilogram"


The best piece of information to remember is that a Smartie weighs exactly one gram. There are 28 in a tube - exactly the number of grams in an ounce.

Don't you feel cheated now you know that they made Smarties in metric sizes and sold them in imperial?

A metre measures three feet three, it's bigger than a yard you see.

 

[Wardy]

I use both. I drink pints, but buy food by the gram.

 

[Icy Gull]

but buy food by the gram.

Were drugs ever sold in Imperial

 

[Wardy]

Were drugs ever sold in Imperial

They still are you buy blow by the ounce or so I am told.