Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

[mik]

Hmm - I guess they’d have to go back and edit films like The Whole Nine Yards and The Green Mile too… forget it.

[Swervin_Mervin]

And Twenty-two Point Eight Six Centimetre Nails wouldn't quite trip off the tongue either

[Rich B]

There was that Sean Penn film “Just under 3/4 of an ounce.”

[ZedLeg]

Loved Ray Winstone in 1.12m Chest

[mik]

And who the fuck would live their life 402.336m at a time?

[Sundayjumper]

Royale with cheese.

[dinny_g]

Russel Crow would have to change the name of his band to "9.144 Odd Meters of Grunts"

[duncs500]

I'd happily go fully metric for everything other than pints (eg. the Irish system).

I think by a few generations time in the UK it will probably just be miles and pints anyway. The rest will probably be metric.

As for muricans, stopped trying to make sense of them years ago.

[Jobbo]

Mik, how can you have difficulty with yards? They’re basically a metre if you consider the error margin for humans estimating distance.

[mik]

Oh I know they are almost a metre - it just feels painfully wrong when the Nav uses them. Like I am being told a price in shillings or some shizzle

[Jobbo]

Shillings are still current, though you probably don’t even get a penny chew for 5p now.