D'ja ever wonder?

07/01/08 11:54 AM
Did you ever wonder why, 30 some odd years after the Americans tricked us into adopting The Metric System, we elder goats, er, geeks, get mocked for having trouble figuring out how many miles per gallon 11.3 litres per 100 Kilometers really is and what coat we should put on when it is 6 degrees out, why is it that you can announce to the world that there is a new baby and (if you are talking to someone of the female persuasion) you have to tell them how much baby weighed at birth in pounds and ounces?

You never hear anyone say that a newborn weighed 3700 grams or so many kilograms or 23 millibars or 700 milliliters. Just 7 lbs. 1 oz. thanks very much and everyone seems to know what you mean and the Metric police seem to give you a pass.

I'm not complaining mind you, I like it. I was just wondering.

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