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"Except in the United States". - Razmos - 2011-04-03
Mike Wrote:it's fries, not chipsFish and Fries just doesn't sound the same!
"Except in the United States". - Mike - 2011-04-03
Razmos Wrote:Fish and Fries just doesn't sound the same!
it's chips, not crisps
"Except in the United States". - Razmos - 2011-04-03
Smokey Bacon chips doesn't sound the same!
"Except in the United States". - Erebus - 2011-04-03
Because American scientist are all secretly hipsters and the metric system is too mainstream.
"Except in the United States". - Mike - 2011-04-03
Razmos Wrote:Smokey Bacon chips doesn't sound the same!
it's gas, not petrol
"Except in the United States". - Razmos - 2011-04-03
Gas pumps just doesn't sound the same!
"Except in the United States". - Mike - 2011-04-03
Razmos Wrote:Gas pumps just doesn't sound the same!cookies, not biscuits
"Except in the United States". - Rick - 2011-04-03
Eosian Wrote:Harry's just mad cause "2.5cm" doesn't sound any better than 1'.
To be fair on him, 2.54cm
Mike Wrote:it's fries, not chips
Get out.
"Except in the United States". - Panacea - 2011-04-03
Mike Wrote:cookies, not biscuits
In other words:
Po-tay-toe, Po-tah-toe.
/endthread.
"Except in the United States". - Tay - 2011-04-03
Boohoo, we're conforming to nonconformity.
"Except in the United States". - Razmos - 2011-04-03
Bourbon Cookie just doesn't sound the same!
"Except in the United States". - Jon - 2011-04-03
United States is best Korear.
"Except in the United States". - Kalovale - 2011-04-03
It only becomes a royal pain in the ass when you come from a metric-based country and have to learn the bullpomegranate to adapt to receiving education here.
Oh wait, you have classes in semesters? Lol you.
"Except in the United States". - FrozNlite - 2011-04-03
Yeah, and we have the best education, healthcare, environmental, agricultural, energy, and urban development programs too! Suck it, world.
"Except in the United States". - Imagine - 2011-04-03
FrozNlite Wrote:Yeah, and we have the best education, healthcare, environmental, agricultural, energy, and urban development programs too! Suck it, world.
We're 49th for healthcare.
"Except in the United States". - Eos - 2011-04-03
Imagine Wrote:We're 49th for healthcare.
I assumed every last one of those was sarcastic.
Rick Wrote:To be fair on him, 2.54cm
Alas a .04 round down, couldn't even give him the benefit of a 2.6.
"Except in the United States". - Sarah - 2011-04-03
Eosian Wrote:I assumed every last one of those was sarcastic.
So glad you said that because Dan never jokes and I assumed he was entirely serious. Was preparing to rant so hard.
"Except in the United States". - Kalovale - 2011-04-03
Eosian Wrote:Alas a .04 round down, couldn't even give him the benefit of a 2.6.
Which is why a more dynamic measurement is preferred. 2.54 could be very different from 2.5 depending on the girl on the receiving end. You don't exactly go and say, it's not 1', honey, I'm 1.05'. It beats the point of the imperial system to borrow the metric expression.
"Except in the United States". - Moonlapse - 2011-04-03
Erebus Wrote:Because American scientist are all secretly hipsters and the metric system is too mainstream.
The Krebs Cycle is too mainstream. The Pentose Phosphate pathway is how I roll.
"Except in the United States". - Pixie - 2011-04-03
Thongs.