huh?
At 18:02 2004-10-24, Euric wrote:
Believe it or not, but some Americans think the metric system is the same as imperial. Since imperial uses the same names, but different sizes for those names, people think converting to metric means adopting a different size then what America uses now. This may be what Homer was referring to.
Euric . ----- Original Message ----- From: "David King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2004-10-24 18:32 Subject: [USMA:31344] Re: Metric in the U.K.
I remember seeing an episode of the Simpsons (the cartoon series) when they went to the UK for a visit, and Homer got locked in the Tower of London. He wanted to get out, and prayed to God for release, and promised he would use the metric system if God released him, implying that he was promising to be like the British (taking into account the other things he said to, which I forget now) because the British are fully metric. Well, he was almost right.
David King
