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Next it’ll only be the queens English
Reminds me of the kilometres
Why Michael Caine was wearing a headscarf at the beginning is beyond me.
Reminds me of the kilometres
Why Michael Caine was wearing a headscarf at the beginning is beyond me.
Why Michael Caine was wearing a headscarf at the beginning is beyond me.
Reminds me of the kilometres
Why Michael Caine was wearing a headscarf at the beginning is beyond me.
"Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious metric apparatus of the Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail.That last bloke nearly sacrificed his life, and not to get rid of fascism and nazism, but so we can keep dividing things into twelfths. I must have missed that Churchill speech.
Reminds me of the kilometres
Why Michael Caine was wearing a headscarf at the beginning is beyond me.
So in order to placate a bunch of idiots who have had forty fecking years to learn the new system and still can't understand it, we're going to feck everything up for 90% of the population? Cool, cool.
We'll see United Transfer Fee style conversions as well so businesses can line their pockets with a few extra crowns. "1 pound of sugar, mate? That's about half a kilo in Johnny Foreigner. 1kg of sugar used to cost you about £1.60, so in pounds that's.... Twice the price for 0.46 pounds which makes 1 pound cost... Let's round up to £7, yeah? And since a pound is half a kilo let's double the pounds to £14. That'll be £36 plus the social care tax. So that's £287, mate."
The going back to Imperial measures reeks of insanity. What's next? Obligatory bowler hats in state schools?
I still use imperial measurements, not sure what is wrong with that.
Will you be happy with a half litre in the pub for the same price?There's no problem with you or other people using them now, but we should be teaching schoolkids the system that will likely be used worldwide not some defunct measure. I think it's 3 countries worldwide who still officially use non-metric measures (one of which is the US)?
You can just buy another half-litreWill you be happy with a half litre in the pub for the same price?
There's no problem with you or other people using them now, but we should be teaching schoolkids the system that will likely be used worldwide not some defunct measure. I think it's 3 countries worldwide who still officially use non-metric measures (one of which is the US)?
Just imagining Bruce or Tarquin proudly looking at the crown stamp and saying "Aaaaaaaahhhhhh! Now that's a proper British pint!" as they take a sip of their Stella Artois or Carlsberg*These people are beyond parody.
They’re getting excited about the crown stamp going back on a pint glass too.
Genuinely just utterly utterly stupid.
Will you be happy with a half litre in the pub for the same price?
Thats what happens, it always does. I remember the disaster when the euro came in and the only thing that changed was the symbol of the money on the price tagWhy would you have half a litre for the same price?
Thats what happens, it always does. I remember the disaster when the euro came in and the only thing that changed was the symbol of the money on the price tag
Problem is it is quite evident not one single member of the government has the first clue about trade.
I wish that was the problem.
I think you miss the point, if they start using half litre glasses to be all 'European' i doubt they would change the price. Not too hard to undestand is it? Or should i explain it in Esperanto?You are making no sense, why would the volume of the same container change based on the unit that you use? Current pints in the UK are an Imperial Pint or 568.26mL, the volume is constant. Unless british pubs decide to use french pints, your pint will have the same volume regardless of the unit that you use.
I think you miss the point, if they start using half litre glasses to be all 'European' i doubt they would change the price. Not too hard to undestand is it? Or should i explain it in Esperanto?![]()
I think you miss the point, if they start using half litre glasses to be all 'European' i doubt they would change the price. Not too hard to undestand is it? Or should i explain it in Esperanto?![]()
Probably on their very expensive deathbeds and then leave it to the next generation to clean up'Oven ready' deal apparently...
Britain’s hopes of early post-Brexit trade deal with US appear dashed
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-us-appear-dashed
How long are they going to persist with this infantile nonsense before they realise the country is totally fecked?
Not be longGoing well so far isn't it. You'd think they're talking about a third world country on the news at the moment.
Politics in a nut shell!Probably on their very expensive deathbeds and then leave it to the next generation to clean up
Great line from that article.Remember the heady days of 2016
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-36877573
The world was their oyster. Five years and three months later not a single deal signed that wasn't EU negotiated and copied.
And the only one that might be signed in the near future is one they'd be better off without.
Would they listen, no they wouldn't.
That is despite a short term economic shock from leaving the European Union.
Great line from that article.