Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 15, 2012

Either way, the grass is always whiter…I feel very snow deprived right now. Winter in Michigan ended in March, and now we’re marching (see what I did there?) up to January with no snow in sight. After that, only two more months and it will be a full year without snow..

Exactly! And what does that say about the mental prowess of the remaining 5% that can’t see something so self-evident?

Is it the arrogance or just the stupidity of our “leaders”? Maybe the reason they can’t see it is because it is so hard to see when your head is up a dark hole!

The British were also one of the last countries, if not the last, to adopt a decimal currency. At least we were ahead of them in that.

The “Tradditional English System” of Weights and Measures is surprisingly sophisticated if you examine it closely. For a ‘quick start’ search for the online article titled “Megalithic Pint, Anyone?” and prepare to be astounded.

Hmmm. Seems to me that the metric system for time – those decimal minutes, hours, etc. – died a quick and unlamented death. The sexigesimal time system we inherited from the Babylonians and earlier, and the calendar system we inherited from the Romans and earlier, rule our time measures to this day. The metric system prevailed only for weights and measures and such.

I SOOOOO agree. LOL

Richard S. Russell: The SU has always been on the metric system. All our measurements were first defined in metric equivalents. The work of a couple of amateur scientists named Franklin and Jefferson.

@TheSkulker, you can’t blame our leaders. It’s the American people as a whole.Of course, most of the people who complain that they can’t understand the metric system, don’t understand the American system, either. I’ve seriously seen people ask how many cups there are in an ounce.

Jefferson tried to go metric, but his opponents said it was “too French.” President Ford tried & only whiskey & wine makers followed. All they did was relabel a fifth of a gallon as 750ml, the difference is less than 1%.

You can always tell indoor swimming pools built between about 1975 and 1985. They’re mostly 25-meter rather than 25-yard.

Since this comic is often about bikes, which metric system should we adopt? There are at least four and the parts are only partially interchangeable. If you saw how the Canadians were treated when they got metricated you’d have a little different opinion.

The three countries not on the Metric System: Myanmar, Liberia and the United States.

Konabill: No, I don’t know how Canadians were treated during metrication, but I was only living there during that somewhat lengthy process. There was the usual resistance to change, but that is nearly universal. I did have a lot of fun with the complainers, since there was already a problem between US and Imperial liquid measures side by side on the shelves. I would say, “What we need to do first is get the same quart – somewhere between the two.” Cheers of approval. “And then we could call it a litre.” Widespread sputtering over their own illogic. So much fun, they didn’t even notice I didn’t add “eh” at the end.