2001-03-16
If someone told me that a 140 lb of pigmeat produced 100 cwt (whatever that
is) of bacon, I would simply ignore it as most would. I'm sure he assumes
that because people don't question him when he spouts this nonsense, that
they understand what it means.
I'm sure more people would understand that 80 % of pigmeat is bacon that the
other rubbish. In fact it does translate better in SI. 100 kg of pig meant
produces 80 kg of bacon. It also implies that 20 % or 20 kg/100 kg either
goes into other products or is wasted.
You are right, he is a dummy. But, I think he is trying to impress the
"other dummies" out there with fancy words that mean very little to most
people.
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!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, 2001-03-15 23:37
Subject: [USMA:11648] RE: last night in the House of Commons
> >From the debate:
>
> Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow):
> It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend
> the Member for Billericay (Mrs. Gorman).
> Taking a leaf out of her book, I should like to
> tell the House that 140 lb of pigmeat makes
> 1 cwt of bacon. Many people in Britain today
> are familiar with such equations. I could not
> give the metric equivalent of that equation,
> but I make that point to show that I have been
> in business, which, regrettably, not too many
> hon. Members these days have.
>
> What a dummy. That doesn't even need to be expressed in metric, either. It
> simply reduces to "80% of pig meat is bacon." That has to be simpler than
> his statement.
>
> Bill Potts, CMS
> San Jose, CA
> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
