I deeply suspect that such labelling as 2 lb 3 oz (0.99 kg) is not done out
of ignorance, but done deliberately to set comsumers up against the metric
system. Making metric look stupid is one of the ifp goons' tactics. Just
read all those 'funny' and 'humourous' anti-metric diatribes which have been
published through the years,
Han
----- Original Message -----
From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 6:02 PM
Subject: [USMA:10448] Detergents
> 2001-01-13
>
> I have seen the new 2 kg Tide boxes of tablets more and more in the shops.
> In one store they occupied an end of Aisle display. Yet, the in store ad
> showed them as 4.41 lb size instead of the 2 kg size.
>
> In the detergent aisle, I noticed something very dumb. A box of SURF and
a
> box of ALL powder detergents were labelled as 2 lhs. 3 oz.. (0.99 kg).
Now,
> isn't this ridiculous? What is so hard about labelling it as 1 kg? And
I'm
> sure it is 1 kg. This is the nonsense that turns of consumers to metric.
> And, both of these boxes are labelled in French and Spanish as well as
> English. These people need to be written to.
>
> Glückliches Neues Jahr!
> Happy New Year!
>
> John
>
> Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt
> frei zu sein.
>
> There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe
they
> are free!
>
> Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
>
>
