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Re: Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 1:51 pm
by 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.

Re: Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 1:54 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
And Twenty-two Point Eight Six Centimetre Nails wouldn't quite trip off the tongue either

Re: Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 2:02 pm
by Rich B
There was that Sean Penn film “Just under 3/4 of an ounce.”

Re: Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 2:11 pm
by ZedLeg
Loved Ray Winstone in 1.12m Chest

Re: Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 2:20 pm
by mik
And who the fuck would live their life 402.336m at a time?

Re: Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 2:41 pm
by Sundayjumper
Royale with cheese.

Re: Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 3:42 pm
by dinny_g
Russel Crow would have to change the name of his band to "9.144 Odd Meters of Grunts"

Re: Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:49 pm
by 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. :lol:

Re: Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:53 pm
by Jobbo
Mik, how can you have difficulty with yards? They’re basically a metre if you consider the error margin for humans estimating distance.

Re: Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:59 pm
by 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 :?

Re: Why hasn't 'Mercuh gone metric?

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 10:44 pm
by Jobbo
Shillings are still current, though you probably don’t even get a penny chew for 5p now.