It's bigoted poetry, too. I don't know what a "Prod" is, but the term "Mick" is considered a nasty anti-Irish slur in the US.
At least some of the old anti-metric verse was creative. One of the better ones I remember goes like this: Then down with every metric scheme taught by the foreign school! We'll worship still our fathers' God, and keep our fathers' rule! A perfect inch, a perfect pound will still on Earth be found, When time shall come unto an end, and Gabriel's trumpet sound! -- Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: Han Maenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 3:08 AM Subject: [USMA:30661] Stupid anti-metric poem > Here is the whole stupid junk. Apart from the anti-metric nonsense, how can > he claim that the English language is in danger? English is assaulting > language after language and it is spreading all over the world. > He even wants to go back to LSD money, what kind of a dinosaur is this > Manderson? > > Han > > > REALISATION > By Davy Manderson > > First there was CIVILISATION then came COLONISATION > Then along came NATIONALISATION also DECIMALISATION > At present all the talk is of GLOBALISATION > So is the next latest thing to be EUROISATION > > It seems to me that it would make much more sense > Just to go back to the POUNDS, SHILLINGS, and PENCE > And forget the EURO and DECIMALISATION > All of these things seem to divide the nation > Also I have this hate for the CENTIGRADE > I've always preferred the FAHRENHEIT instead > In CAPACITY I like PINTS instead of these LITRES > Also in LENGHTS, INCHES and YARDS are MILES better than METRES > > In weight I know that I'm not on my own > When extolling the virtues of the OUNCE, POUND and STONE > And I don't particularly give a damn > Regarding all this talk about the GRAM > As for DESTINY and 1 MILLIGRAM per CUBIC DECIMETER > Or this 1 TONNE per CUBIC METER > Imagine our children in schools this being told > Should we not return to the times tables of old > > In POWER they us this term called KILOWATT > Now don't dare ask me what the hell that is > As for MASS they talk about a MILLIGRAM > And to tell you the truth you're as wise as I am > In VELOCITY or SPEED forget the MILES per hour > And that's another thing that's went quite sour > Now it's KILOMETERS to register your speed > It's all a bloody fine mess indeed > > Regarding AREA they're confusing me there > Calling it whatever it is, like DEKARE and HECTARE > I'd much prefer it if they brought it back > To the good old BUSHEL and the PECK > > It's only a matter of time before ENGLISH and FRENCH will go > IRISH, SPANISH, GERMAN all FOREIGN LANGUAGES you know > Also I suppose we all will have to learn LATIN > And the PRODS and the MICKS will blame it on PATTON >
