OK...WHY THE FUCK HAVEN'T WE GONE METRIC?????

[Taverner]

Oh, only THE REST OF THE FUCKING WORLD is metric except us. No, we gotta be fucking different.

Carter was going to have us go metric by 1980, but Saint MUTHERFUCKER REAGAN put a stop to that.

Really, what's so bad about metric???

[sakabatou]

1. Se are a stubborn nation...

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. Everything.

Now stop, you're making the Baby Jesus cry. :cry:

[Texasgal]

3. We don wana learn

nuthin'

:sarcasm:

[Generator]

4. It's not the American way

I smell Commies.

[Taverner]

5. Of course the "American Way" isn't even the American Way

It is the English system, used by England until they went metric.

[Blue-Jay]

6. I can't find it in me to care about this.

The scientific community has already made (years ago) the transition to metric measurements. The lay-community (read: most other folks) prefer to think in terms of pounds, gallons, and miles. I don't see any real disconnect in embracing both systems. Hell, Britain still uses many non-metric measurements, and I don't see anybody bitching about that.

[mike_c]

7. yeah, I was gonna say, I use metric units every day...

...but still have to deal with the other stuff at the grocery store, etc. It's not a problem really-- I can switch between SI units and US units pretty easily. Except for temperature. After all these years I still THINK in Fahrenheit.

[Blue-Jay]

10. Exactly. It's not an either/or debate.

[Redstone]

24. that's inded a real hangup. And centimeters. I've been dealing with mm and km for years,

and have no trouble with them. But the centimetric equivalent of six-foot-three? I have trouble envisioning that height.

Redstone

[Redstone]

13. What you said. I can think in metric for some things, pounds, etc for other things, and

typographical measurements (points and picas) for others, and jeweler's terminology (Carats, pennyweights) for yet another.

Not a problem.

Redstone

[liberalpragmatist]

8. The metric system is the work of the devil!!!

[Dukkha]

23. My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!

Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!

[Redstone]

27. That's piss-poor mileage. My car does better.

Redstone

[Initech]

29. You there! Fill 'er up with petroleum distitllate and re-vulcanize my tires, post-haste!

[Little Wing]

9. Is it really worth all that yelling?

[Redstone]

11. Because if you give them 2.54 centimeters, they'll take 1.609 kilometers, that's why.

Redstone

[Shine]

15. heheheh.

good one.

:hi:

[Redstone]

20. Shinester! How have you been? We haven't talked in a while. How did the holidays

go for you, and Mr Shine, and the Shinekids?

Well, I hope.

Redstone

[Shine]

31. Awww, thanks for asking Redstone.

Holidays were great, exhausting and all-consuming, but great. The kids JUST went back to school today, in fact. They'd been off since 12/22. We had a solid 2 1/2 weeks of houseguests and visiting family, during which time I was Hostess Extraordinaire, cooking and baking and basically making sure everyone's needs were met and everything stayed tidy. On top of all that, after they all left, I worked through 12 loads of laundry over the course of two days. Whew!! Then I just vegged out and stared blankly at the wall for the rest of the week. LOL.

I also majorly over-indulged during the holidays, but sure had fun doing it. :D Lemme just say, I make some awesome homemade pies!! Now it's time to get back on track...

Happy New Year to you, my friend! I hope you and the family are well. :hug: :hi:

[Redstone]

34. Some wall-staring time really helps. My version of it is walking in circles.

Glad to hear you had a good time. Having family visit is good; we had 35 of them during our three-day Thanksgiving (We start on Wednesday night, and go through Saturday.

Redstone

[Fuzz]

12. Because the aliens we captured at Roswell didn't use metric

and we have to use what they do in order to understand the plans we got from them.

True story.

;)

[Shine]

14. I have no idea. They've been talking about it since I was in elementary school

a loooooooong loooooooong time ago. :D

[XemaSab]

16. 'Cause we suck?

:shrug:

[Redstone]

26. No. We are the Righteous. After all, did God give Noah the Ark sizes in centimeters?

No, he gave those dimensions in CUBITS, and if cubits are good enough for God, they're good enough for me.

So there.

And, by the way, my car gets 75 cubits per dram of gasoline, which I think is pretty good.

Redstone

[Redstone]

17. Because, who INVENTED the metric system? The FRENCH, that's who! We'd have to rename the units:

Freedometers; millifreedometers...kilofreedometers;

Freedoliters, millifreedoliters...

And so on.

Redstone

[CanuckAmok]

18. Because the "Liter Leader" was a lame cartoon spokesperson.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metric_Marvels

I wouldn't buy an icecream from this guy, let alone a system of measurement.

[BlueStorm]

19. Because most of suck at metrics?

Well at least I do. I've never been good at math, let alone measuring...

Blue

[Book Lover]

21. There are certain benefits to using our current system

Both distances and weights more easily divide into quarters and eighths (useful when you want to divide a quantity, then divide again, then divide again: material situations, for instance).

[Bjornsdotter]

22. I can't figure out why

....we've been fighting it. It's so much easier than out system.

Cheers

[BarenakedLady]

25. Because I'm too stupid

and hate change.

[NNadir]

28. I swore I'd raise my kids metric, but it's not their world.

I was proud though yesterday when my son reported it was 20 degrees outside - he meant celcius.

We trying to laugh off the nonexistence of winter here.

[Initech]

30. There are some really stupid people in this country who wouldn't understand it.

George Carlin is right - say what you want about this country, but there are some DUMB ASS MOTHERFUCKERS walking around.

[swag]

32. No will whatsoever.

Same reason we aren't energy independent. Same reason the untreated mentally ill flood our streets. Same reason we through $100 billion down the military-industrial-fraud rathole euphemistically known as "National Missile Defense": Ronald Reagan.

Congratulations on your precise identification of the cause.

[BikeWriter]

33. Oh, I have so been avoiding this subject for years!

[Blue_Tires]

35. those russkies went metric, and we all know what happened to THEM!

:nuke: