Peanuts by Charles Schulz for September 11, 2024

How about a bark and a lark?

A tisket and a tasket?

When imperialism fails, try the metric system.

“I love you a bushel and a peck” was a song from “Guys and Dolls.”

Inches and Pinches of love, not a spoonful, that’d be most gloomful.

Bushel and peck are both measures of volume; liter/litre is a measure of volume, but meter/metre is a measure of distance.

Ah, the 70’s. When the threat of the Metric System loomed. It was believed the US would convert by the early 80’s. I remember learning those conversion equasions

The metric system has at its core the imperial system. If you don’t believe me, try to buy a metric ratchet.

And a hug around the neck.

OK ! ! ! ! People, it is a cartoon strip NOT a matter for debate on the floor of the General Assembly of the United Nations ! ! ! ! Each country have their spellings—accept it and let’s get on with Lucy’s fascination with Schroeder ! ! ! !

When is she going to stop trying?

A peck on the cheek has a nice ring to it. Then there could be a liter on the lips or a meter on the mouth. But what would we do with bushel?

When Snoopy’s plane/doghouse crashes in the French countryside he has to know the Kilometers back to base.

3 pecks = 1 bushel

Not even a mm and a ml.

How about you get outta my house?

How about ‘Far and Away’?

Maybe Lucy is trying too hard.

Maybe an inch and a millimeter.

Not even a pinch or an inch Lucy

What about a shut and an up?

There was a big push to convert the U.S. to the metric system in the late 70s, which, of course, ultimately failed, so this was a timely gag.

Bushel and a peck or 297.89368036524 and 74.4734 gills, respectively.

A shilling and a pence (and a jump across the fence).

Did you know that Dracula’s favorite song was “I love you a bushel and a peck on the neck”

How about a 12 oz of coke?

According to Google

Metre is the standard spelling of the metric unit for length in nearly all English-speaking nations, the exceptions being the United States and the Philippines which use meter. Measuring devices (such as ammeter, speedometer) are spelled “-meter” in all variants of English.

Sit Down,You’re Rocking The Boat

Gotta hand it to Lucy, she never gives up !

“Take me to your liter…”

A grain of sand?

Which one is less?