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2007-05-12 Britain

Britain to retain one element of Britishness

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Posted by Jackal 2007-05-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I thought Britain went metric quite some time ago?

Posted by DMFD 2007-05-12 00:30|| 2007-05-12 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 except soon you won't be able to sell bacon

Posted by Heriberto Sholuth5193 2007-05-12 00:52|| 2007-05-12 00:52|| Front Page Top

#3 And chops will be something applied to necks instead of being a cut of meat.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-12 01:32|| 2007-05-12 01:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Didn't this same shit come up about 4 furlongs ago?

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-05-12 07:39|| 2007-05-12 07:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I forget, Shipman, are there twelve or sixteen pecks to the furlong?

Posted by Excalibur 2007-05-12 09:11|| 2007-05-12 09:11|| Front Page Top

#6 So when the muslim hordes detonate an atomic bomb in London, they can use Curies, instead of Bacquerels to measure the radiation.

Yippie!

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-05-12 10:35|| 2007-05-12 10:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Bad dental care?

Posted by Bigfoot Creaque6559 2007-05-12 12:17|| 2007-05-12 12:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Didn't this same shit come up about 4 furlongs ago?

Due to its once confounding currency system, Britain retains a well-deserved reputation for employing the most arcane and indivisible units of measure, such as "furlongs per fortnight".

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-12 15:40|| 2007-05-12 15:40|| Front Page Top

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