Can't be real....
Video won't play, but I've thought about metric a fair amount and I would like to offer the following compromise to TAP, who shall serve as the ambassador of metric and of the UK and British Commonwealth.
Here's the deal:
1. The US will switch to the metric system, which makes infinitely more sense.
2. The UK and all other countries will give up driving on the left side of the road. This will make travel and tourism much simpler. Face it, you're in the minority and you have to give something to get something.
3. The switch to metric by the US will be for real world measurements only. Inches, feet, miles, ounces, etc. will remain in the language for artistic purposes. After all, even English bands like The Who knew that singing "I can see for kilometers and kilometers and kilometers" didn't have the same ring to it. And imagine if The Proclaimers had proclaimed "And I would walk 804.672 kilometers and I would walk 804.672 more." And while Steven Tyler singing "She just loves my big 25.4 centimeter" does sound impressive, it doesn't quite roll off the tongue like a big 10 inch.
4. Drug dealers can maintain whichever measurement system they choose, since converting weed sales from ounces to grams or coke sale from grams to ounces might cause too much confusion among the high.
5. US weights for people will still be in pounds, because converting it to kilos would make a much smaller number and might disguise our obesity problem. Once we drop the weight, we'll switch to kilos. Just give us a couple hundred more years.
