Bwma are very proud of that statistic. however, the question was, should the UK go TOTALLY metric? And if 93% said no, then they are not necessarily opposed to the metric system, as they may be people who want metric in many things but want to keep pints of beer.

David


MightyChimp wrote:
 

Latest news (July 9th 2004)
Teletext poll shows 93% oppose scrapping of mile and pint

A phone in poll conducted by ITV's teletext service found 93% of 2,340 callers opposed the idea of doing away with traditional measurements, such as pints and miles. The poll was conducted in response to a call by the UK Metric Association that Britain should go totally metric.

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