FoxTrot by Bill Amend for November 23, 2008
November 16, 2008
November 30, 2008
Transcript:
Jason: OK, here's the play... go out 10 meters, then cut left 5 meters. Peter: "Meters"?? Jason, this is football. Everything in football is measured in yards. Jason: Look, in order for me to get the ball to you at the right place at the right time, I'm going to need to do a whole bunch of trajectory and motion calculations in my head. Trust me, it's a lot easier using the metric system. Peter: I'm telling you, you can't play football with meters! It's weird. Jason: Fine. Go out 10.936133 yards, then cut left 5.4680665 yards. Peter: Tell you what... let's stick with meters.
mfboyd almost 16 years ago
lets be honest, Peter doesn’t understand yards either.
kfaatz925 almost 16 years ago
Sure he does. His yard, the neighbors’ yard…
hcaulfield almost 16 years ago
the metric system is superior
cleokaya almost 16 years ago
Meters, yards, what difference does it make. We all know Peter won’t catch the ball anyways and Jason can’t throw.
Durak Premium Member almost 16 years ago
Holden,
Superior isnt always better.
Kerouac
shippingtroll almost 16 years ago
maybe they should try out for Buffalo…
bluetopazcrystal almost 16 years ago
Canada’s been using it since the ‘70’s. Took some adjusting, but it is infinitely a better system of measuring.
KingRat almost 16 years ago
On american standard vs, metric I agree with Arlo Guthrie: metric isn’t as poetic. Centimeter by centimeter, row by row gonna make this garden grow.??? And i am not going to walk into a bar and order a .5 liter, its a pint or nothing.
GuntotingLiberal almost 16 years ago
Here in Canada we don’t order beer by the litre either. And btw, you’re getting shorted in your pints :)
HOOT1947 almost 16 years ago
The football fanatic vs. the math geek! Good one.
ChewBoy.Com almost 16 years ago
This is the third time in the last few months I have heard talk of metric conversion re-surfacing in America. Probably would be a good thing from my point of view. I never quite got our current system down.
Joe Snedaker almost 16 years ago
The only thing about the metric system that is better is speed!80 KMH sound much faster then 50 MPH. But on the other side 100 miles sound much closer then 160 KM. In the metric system the Heywood Banks song Inches, Feet, Miles would not make sense if called CM, M, KM. Last point, it would cost tooo much $$ to change over and our Government is struggling with our money as it is.
farren almost 16 years ago
Speed and gas prices.
Digital Frog almost 16 years ago
If you’re going to talk Canadian metric, you have to consult the experts on the matter: Bob & Doug McKenzie - http://www.losergeek.org/~niklas/bobanddoug.com/sounds/gwn/mtrcbeer.wav
If you can find the whole album somewhere, listen to the Coffee Shop skit. This is just a clip I could find.
punchline2129 almost 16 years ago
December 2nd last 2008
Me_Again over 14 years ago
I personally prefer the metric system…
FoxTrotsBiggestFan over 14 years ago
it wont work anyway, remember all of the comics about jasons poor arm strength?
dfrost1 over 4 years ago
what is wrong with peters mouth in the last square?
Homo Futuris almost 4 years ago
Would it even make a difference? Like if Jason said to go 10 meters and Peter went 10 yards, would it really noticably change anything?