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This is a lecture poking fun at the masochistic usage of the incredibly stupid imperial system.
If you ask a european how many millimeters are in 2 metres, he will imediately answer you. 2 thousands.
How many grams are in 2 kilograms? 2 thousand
How many milliliters are in 2 litres? 2 thousand
Now, how many inches are in 2 miles? Can you answer me without googling ? Did you ask first if i meant nautical or land miles?
How many inches in 3 yards?
This was particularly funny: How many barleycorn to an inch?
The answer is three from the center of the ear full and round. What the hell does that mean? (your shoe sizes apparently are based on barleycorns)
Here is another quiz:
What weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?
Spoiler: if you answered the same, you don't know your system.
Feathers are measured in Avoirdupois pounds: 453 grams
Gold is measured in Troy pounds: 373 grams
Which weighs more, an ounce of feathers or an ounce of gold? Same? nope.
Avoirdupois ounces 28.35 grams
Troy ounces are 31.10 grams
So a pound of feathers weighs more than a pound of gold but an ounce of feathers weighs less than an ounce of gold.
simple.
I have to skip american recipes when i cook because how much is a cup? Flour is measured in cups, but butter is measured in sticks. Vanilla essence might be measured in teaspoons or table spoons.
Less fun is when children die because they OD on medication because a doctor says 3.5 ml and the pharmacist labels 3.5 teaspoons or table spoons or whatever.
This is a lecture poking fun at the masochistic usage of the incredibly stupid imperial system.
If you ask a european how many millimeters are in 2 metres, he will imediately answer you. 2 thousands.
How many grams are in 2 kilograms? 2 thousand
How many milliliters are in 2 litres? 2 thousand
Now, how many inches are in 2 miles? Can you answer me without googling ? Did you ask first if i meant nautical or land miles?
How many inches in 3 yards?
This was particularly funny: How many barleycorn to an inch?
The answer is three from the center of the ear full and round. What the hell does that mean? (your shoe sizes apparently are based on barleycorns)
Here is another quiz:
What weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?
Spoiler: if you answered the same, you don't know your system.
Feathers are measured in Avoirdupois pounds: 453 grams
Gold is measured in Troy pounds: 373 grams
Which weighs more, an ounce of feathers or an ounce of gold? Same? nope.
Avoirdupois ounces 28.35 grams
Troy ounces are 31.10 grams
So a pound of feathers weighs more than a pound of gold but an ounce of feathers weighs less than an ounce of gold.
simple.
I have to skip american recipes when i cook because how much is a cup? Flour is measured in cups, but butter is measured in sticks. Vanilla essence might be measured in teaspoons or table spoons.
Less fun is when children die because they OD on medication because a doctor says 3.5 ml and the pharmacist labels 3.5 teaspoons or table spoons or whatever.