Heard yesterday about British greengrocers who are being fined for continuing to use pounds and ounces instead of kilograms and grams. They're being called the Metric Martyrs.
One was saying some things just can't be translated - like calling a Quarter-Pounder a "McDonalds 113-grammer". Last night we pounded some chicken breasts thin to make piccatta. What will we do when the U.S. goes metric? <g> > Isn't there some sort of old saying. > > "Americans and British, two peoples seperated by a common language" > > Can't remmeber exactly whree it comes from, but it's quite apt right now. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 13 August 2002 17:23 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Aluminum > > > >It's why America is commonly known as the US, it's for the lazy people > >who don't want to type the whole world <g> > > I don't want to type the whole world, either, that would be too tiring and > kind of pointless. > > I prefer to think that we're smart enough to save our energy for the > important things in life. Why waste it on unnecessary words? > > Judith > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
