>Except that the divisions of the day actually have some meaning, unlike 'foot', 'yard', etc. > >The funniest thing I ever heard around the whole metric thing was back when Canada was first introducing the metric system. A young woman I knew really hated the whole idea. She was hopping mad about it and one day she spat out at me that "the next thing you know they'll be making our money metric". I didn't have the heart to tell her.
That's funny. OK lady, quick: how many pence in a shilling? <bg>
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