EU shows an ounce of sense

EU shows an ounce of sense

The EU has given up its plan to force Britain to go metric. Britons can carry on using imperial measurements such as pints, pounds and miles. Is this a victory for British tradition or is it time the country conformed with Europe? With imperial measurements abandoned in school lessons decades ago is a metric Britain inevitable? Have your say.

 

Your comments

 
  1.  
    A. Non from London says:
    Sep 29, 21:13

    Think of all the other things we'd have to change.

    Give'em a centimetre and they'll take a metre?

    Centimetre worm?

    Half kilo cake?

    A half kilo of flesh?

    Within a centimetre of his life?

    The half kilo sterling?

    Don't quite have the same ring, does it?

  2.  
    ian from dewsbury says:
    Sep 28, 14:23

    You should try working in the tiber trade. I worked in timber yards for 15 years, you measure softwoods in metric and hardwoods in imperial and sheets materials are sized in imperial with metric thickness, hows that for confusing

  3.  
    Chris from Bristol says:
    Sep 27, 16:40

    EU shows an ounce of sense

    Thats about all the sense the EU ever had, one ounce, does that mean that it is now as widely suspected, completely devoid of all sense. God help us.

  4.  
    Night from Day says:
    Sep 26, 22:26

    Wayne,
    Just want to point out to you, you can buy scales in the shops that weigh in both imperial and metric. Including electric or digital, these have a button on the bottom to change them

  5.  
    wayne from reading says:
    Sep 26, 15:03

    its ok for the eu to say we dont have to use metric but all the scales that are used in shops are in metric so u cant go back to pounds and onces cause they were thrown away anyway metric is so much easier

Report this comment:

This will never be published on the site.

Please tick if you are happy for us to contact you about your report if we have further queries.

Contains offensive language

Contains racist or sexist language

Is a personal attack

Is spamming or advertising

Other

 

Comments page 7 of 34

This comment board is closed.

Debate status

  • Total comments : 170
  • Allowed comments : 168
  • Blocked comments : 2
  • Waiting for moderation : 0