Visual demonstration of countries that have not adopted the metric system

[Dylan]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Metric_system.png



Self-ownage

Them:

Us:

 

[loosecranks]

Is that Sierra Leone (and some islands in the Wild Sargasso Sea)?

 

[gordonjblair]

Nope, the international powerhouses that are Liberia and Burma.... oh and some little banana republic called the United States of something or other

close though Sierra Leone is one stop along the coast (NW) from Liberia

 

[Rob]

Its because Americans like to be difficult right?

come on, how many of us brits measure our height in cms? and our weight in kg?

thought not!

 

[gordonjblair]

Its because Americans like to be difficult right?

come on, how many of us brits measure our height in cms? and our weight in kg?

thought not!

I've been a bit, I'm down to 92kg.... am still 1.88m though

 

[Rob]

then you would be the first brit I have ever met who would respond to a question of how tall you are with 1.88m

 

[The Esk]

Its because Americans like to be difficult right?

come on, how many of us brits measure our height in cms? and our weight in kg?

thought not!

How many cm is 9.5 inches?

 

[CanadaToffee]

How many cm is 9.5 inches?

Not sure of the exact number, but it's somewhere around wishful thinking

 

[gordonjblair]

then you would be the first brit I have ever met who would respond to a question of how tall you are with 1.88m

tend to meet shortarses?

 

[The Esk]

Not sure of the exact number, but it's somewhere around wishful thinking

Sadly you're right

 

[Rob]

tend to meet shortarses?

no I tend to meet people who use feet and inches.

 

[chicoazul]

I prefer cm.

That way I advertise that my wang is a whopping ten long.