so the european commission has given in and the uk can keep its imperial weights and measures. it is victory for the metric martyrs, and one in the eye for johnny foreigner. it does seem that this capitulation on the question of the onward march to metrication is due to the pressure placed by the north american business community.
but i am glad it has happened aside from the fact it will mean the demise of the “metric martyrs” and their constant carping, it also means that i appear much lighter in stones than i do in kilos and finally it allows me to do the old tommy cooper joke.
a man goes into a grocer and asks for 5 pounds of potatoes. the grocer replied, “we only sell kilos”. the man replied, “ok i will have 5 pounds of kilos”.
boom boom.
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