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It comes in litres?

In England at least, not any more. Personally, I always thought the metric system was for people too dumb to divide by 12.

Posted on September 12, 2007 3:40 PM |

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Moira Breen [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I always thought the metric system was for people too dumb to divide by 12.

Or too dumb, neurotic, or control-freaky to just relax and switch between two simple, intuitive, and easily-mastered measuring systems, using whichever one was better suited to the task at hand. Is learning to think decimally and duodecimally some kind of freakin' rocket-science? Or binarily, or hexadecimally, or sexagesimally, for that matter. Do these people have problems with calendars, wrist-watches, and basic computer classes? I've yet to meet a scientist or engineer who is traumatized by cookbooks or fabric stores.

Posted by Moira Breen [TypeKey Profile Page] | September 15, 2007 5:21 PM

Posted on September 15, 2007 17:21

Andrea Harris [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Yeah, but scientists are freaks.

Posted by Andrea Harris [TypeKey Profile Page] | September 15, 2007 6:34 PM

Posted on September 15, 2007 18:34

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