# The Metric System

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**Created:** [March 24, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804 "2007-03-24T16:12:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/3 "2007-03-24T17:30:19Z")

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> [@going to france.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/going-to-france/28961/79):
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> Why don’t we use it?
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> We are one of three countries that don’t (the other two are third world and fairly illiterate).
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> Plus, we can hear the DSM kids talk about running HUNDREDS of kilopascals on a stock bottom end.

Because we got the bombs OK? Two words! Nuclear-fuckin-weapons-OK? Russia…China …Romania, they can have all the democracy they want…they can have a big democracy cake in the middle of Tianaman square and it won’t make a lick of difference becasue we got the bombs OK?  
(with kudos to Denis Leary)🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

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