Wrong, Stephen, I still have my Lederhosen which I bought when I was a student in Austria, I wore then almost constantly in Austria and Germany. I am now writing from Centre Hall, PA, near my camp site in the mountains.
---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 22:48:09 +0000 >From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:48078] RE: The Gallon Challenge >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Don't forget the clapping of thighs and odd leather > shorts - at least the Americans wouldn't do that! > :-) > > ------------------------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:48072] RE: The Gallon Challenge > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 20:54:38 +0100 > > In Munich they have a similar exercise – except > being a metric country, they use litres, rather than > gallons, and since Germany did not have an > American-style prohibition, they don’t have the > same hang-ups about alcohol. They use beer, not > milk. There is also a special name for the German > exercise – Oktoberfest! > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John > M. Steele > Sent: 07 July 2010 12:24 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:48062] The Gallon Challenge > > > > Never underestimate the ability of college kids to > do dumb things: > > http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N29/gallonchallenge.html > > ------------------------------------ > > “Come celebrate AMERICA’S BIRTHDAY with > class!” Patrick C. McDaniel ’13 wrote to summer > residents of East Campus on July 3. “Join us > tomorrow for the GALLON CHALLENGE!” > This Fourth of July, participants to the Gallon > Challenge were encouraged to consume and retain a > gallon of milk within one hour in order to show > their patriotism. > ----------------------------------- > > I can even accept that in the Boston area, buying > gallon containers of milk is the easiest way to > conduct such a challenge, so I'm not horrified by > the choice of units. I am horrified to hear an MIT > student say this: > > ---------------------------------- > Johnson said that he felt more patriotic after > drinking all the milk. “What better way to > reinforce the imperial measurement system. Who wants > to participate in the 3.7854 liters challenge? > Probably a bunch of lame metric system types,” > Johnson said. > ------------------------------- > > When I was there (1960's), all courses were taught > in metric (at least in all the departments in which > I took courses). What type of scientist or engineer > will this poor lad become with an attitude like this > (probably a rocket scientist). > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail – Free. > Sign-up now.
