The Pint Lives: Metric Britain Abandoned
The Pint Lives: Metric Britain Abandoned
The European Commission has ditched its attempt to impose the metric system on Ireland and Britain, where a grocer was once convicted of selling bananas by the pound rather than by the kilo. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago
tags pint lives metric Britain Ireland
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 Kitsune8...
1 year ago
I don't want no stinking metric system in Ireland!
I remember being really surprised when a Mexican girl I knew asked me what a pint was (she pronounced it 'pin-t' instead of 'pi-nt') I had just assumed that everyone used pints (must be the drinking culture over here :) )
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 Galoot
1 year ago
Because powers of ten are so confusing!
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 pocksuck...
1 year ago
They are after 10 pints.
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