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Post by Bret Walker on Sept 2, 2003 9:29:20 GMT -5
I've been thinking, why did the American society reject the Metric system? I mean, it just makes sense. Everything is in tens. Nothing like 12 inches to a foot, 3 feet to a yard, 1765 yards to a mile, etc. None of that makes any sense. But ten millimeters to a centimeter, ten centimeters to a decimeter, ten decimeters to a meter, 1000 meters to a kilometer. It makes sense. It's easy to remember.
But Americans bristle at anything new. Even trying to learn the conversions in the second grade was a bitch to me. It would have been better if I had been born into the metric system instead of wasting seven years of my life learning English measurements.
Still, I keep thinking, I'd like it if we were metric. After all, instead of 300 pounds, I'd weigh a mere 136 kilograms. And instead of being an average 72 inches tall, I'd be an enormous 183 centimeters. Yes, I think I'd like it if we were metric.
I dunno, I was listening to Atom's song "Lord It's Hard To Be Happy When You're Not Using The Metric System" and it made me think about all this.
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Post by The Vonz on Sept 2, 2003 13:43:01 GMT -5
Atom promotes anti-American thinking in our schools!! BURN!
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Post by Kexpakki on Sept 2, 2003 16:45:31 GMT -5
yeah your system is stupid i mean it makes no fucking sence.
Lets take heat for example. ours is very simple it is based on water. water frezzes at 0 and boils at 100 but Americans refused to belive water froze at 0 so they made there own system witch is shit
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Post by Bret Walker on Sept 2, 2003 22:17:36 GMT -5
Kex, there's only so much of your American-bashing I can take in one day. The system of measurement that Americans use was not INVENTED by Americans, you fucktard, it was invented by the BRITISH. When we colonized the states, we brought the English system of measurement with us. That's why we're saddled with it.
But hey, it's not like there haven't been great technological achievements made in Iceland. Like that awesome car, the...um...what's it called? And the Icelandic scientist who developed...I mean, um invented...um...discovered? What? I forget. What do you guys in Iceland make anyway? I think you have the GNP of a small suburb of New York City.
Ah, but don't we have an Air Force base over there? Yeah that's it. I knew there was a use for Iceland. It's a place to refuel on a flight from New York to Rome.
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Post by Bret Walker on Sept 2, 2003 22:23:35 GMT -5
"Gross National Product; USD $6,236,000,000 "
$6.2 Billion? That's like the capital gains of half a city block of Manhattan.
I mean, geez, you guys can't even claim IKEA or ABBA. Wait, isn't Enya from Iceland? ;D
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Post by JustinP on Sept 3, 2003 1:48:52 GMT -5
I still mesure things in stones and cubits so I can't say anything bad about either system.
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Post by Bret Walker on Sept 3, 2003 6:37:50 GMT -5
Right.
What's a cubit?
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Post by JustinP on Sept 3, 2003 11:06:04 GMT -5
cubit A cubit is a unit of linear measure, from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger of a man. This unit is commonly converted to 0.46 meters or 18 inches, although that varies with height of the man doing the measurement. There is also a "long" cubit that is longer than a regular cubit by a handbreadth.
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Post by Kexpakki on Sept 3, 2003 11:37:36 GMT -5
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Post by Bret Walker on Sept 3, 2003 14:37:10 GMT -5
cubit A cubit is a unit of linear measure, from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger of a man. This unit is commonly converted to 0.46 meters or 18 inches, although that varies with height of the man doing the measurement. There is also a "long" cubit that is longer than a regular cubit by a handbreadth. I knew that. Obviously I need to school you on early Bill Cosby routines.
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Post by jelly belly girl on Sept 3, 2003 21:41:34 GMT -5
-vrooba vrooba vrooba-(that's the noise of Noah working in the garden) -ding- "Noah." "Somebody call me?" -vrooba vrooba vrooba- -ding- "Noah!" "Who’s that?" "It’s the Lord, Noah." "Right. Where are ya? Whaddya want? I’ve been good." "I want you to build an ark." "Right. What’s an ark?" "Get some wood. Build it 300 cubits by 80 cubits by 40 cubits." "Right. What’s a cubit?" "Let’s see, a cubit, I used to know. Don’t worry about that. After you get that done, go out into the world, collect the animals two by two, male and female, and bring them into the ark." "Right. Who is this really? What’s goin on? How come you want me to do all these weird things?" "I’m going to destroy the world" "Right. Am I on candid camera? How you gonna do it?" "I gonna make it rain for a 1000 days and drown ‘em out." "Right. Listen to this, it’ll save you water. Make it rain for 40 days and 40 nights and wait for the sewers to back up." "Right."
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Post by jelly belly girl on Sept 4, 2003 0:45:43 GMT -5
I HAVE NOAH! i have the mp3. i totally rock.
haha.
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Post by The Vonz on Sept 4, 2003 1:13:42 GMT -5
Hey, no Iceland bashing you cunt. Iceland produces some of the best music int he world. Sigur Ros, Mum, Gus Guss, Bjork, Kukl(YA GOTTA LOVE DA KUKL!), Sugarcubes, and so on and so forth.
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Post by Bret Walker on Sept 4, 2003 7:24:47 GMT -5
But Daddy, HE STARTED IT!!!
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Post by Kexpakki on Sept 5, 2003 8:32:52 GMT -5
no not realy. all i did was call your system stupid witch wasent invented by Americans and realy is stupid and said Americans refused to belive water freezes at 0 witch is true....well some Americans so they made there own heat thingy
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