Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 15, 2021

Good grief.

That’s genius :O

Once at my school, we did a pass-it-on thing where we just said “Hey, pass it on!”

I wish the whole metric thing worked out

Roy alert!

School is tough enough without causing an anxiety attack.

Well, i did not get this one. Could somebody explain pls.

I’m thinking the distance function. Anyone else?

You can’t make me.

I agree with Patty.

Think?!? You want me to THINK?!?

A “telephone game” where the original and ending message remained the same?

Wait until the Common Core system comes out with new ways to measure things.

“Think metric…pass it on…”

A metric system PSA from the 1970’s…: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUXutV6Vk6k

It didn’t work – I remember the PSAs on TV (I’ll have to watch Darryl Heine’s link)…

But: when it comes to scientific measurement, or even measurements in engineering or mechanics, metric is far superior and precise. I have some SAE tools when they are needed, but for the most part, metric sized tools are the norm. (Yes, I work on my own cars). ;-)

-40C = -40F. 1 kilometer = .6 mile. 1 liter = @1 quart. 1 yard = 39 inches. f I have to look up or calculate everything else. Somehow when I hear it is 27 out, I feel I need a coat. I don’t know how you get used to that.

Never mind scientific measurement, when I cook I use grams for weight. Sooooo much easier than ounces.

I’m assuming that Peppermint Patty sits in the last row.

Patty is “think panic”

Ah, america and its refusal to adopt the metric system. I literally have nothing to say about that.

Totally my reaction!

As a Canadian grade school kid in the 1970s, I was glad I was able to learn the Metric system only; it is so much easier than Imperial.

Was that 5, Roy, and Franklin? Three underused characters in one comic!

I wonder what made her freak out….“metric” or “think”…?

I feel that Roy and Franklin would have made a good duo. I can imagine a story arc in which the two of them share an adventure. What do other commenters think?

Think British Thermal Units (BTUs) j/k

To quote Lucy, (or was it Sally?) “16 ozzes in a lb.” Now, an ounce of water weighs one ounce and there are 8 ozzes in a cup, 2 cups in a pint and 2 pints in a quart and 4 quarts in a gallon. A gallon of water weighs 128 oozes or 8 lbs and that is so much easier than 1000 millilitres of water weighs a kilogram./s

The constant conversions back-and-forth between the two systems was what was confusing. The metric system is very simple with everything being based upon multiples of ten.

The best approach would have been to drop the old system completely and start anew.

That’s really the secret THINK metric… get used to thinking of things in metric measure and STOP trying to convert from obsolete systems in which there is no system at all. (i feel better now)

What a subversive group!

Big Patrick pass it on.

C’mon, has no one played telephone before?

“Hail fellow, well-metric!”

Think a different system, pass it on.

Doesn’t matter what the system is, could be meteric, Imperial, mesures usuelles, Scots units of measure, hands, ect.

Metric is easy!

Just thinking makes Peppermint Patty freak out.

Metric to imperial is only kind of works I read that in the UK their imperial measurements I think are like 20 larger than the US ones.

I use mm inch feet mile.