Metric units post Brexit

[Daydream believer]

I hesitate to be the first to respond, I am a foreigner and maybe in the true spirit of brexit this is for the Brits to decide without outside influence.
Nevertheless, can I propose the Boris, as a measure of truthfulness, or rather the lack of it. Like all SI units it can be scaled: from a microBoris (a small lie) over a Boris (a plain lie) to a kiloBoris (a big lie) and even a megaBoris or a teraBoris.

And i suppose a huge loan would be a Corbyn
the interest payments would be in Abbots

 

[colind3782]

Will I be allowed to keep my metric tools? I have lots of imperial tools I could show them when they come round and dig up my metric stuff after they leave I suppose...

 

[Neil_Y]

I think tools running the country is the problem. But is an imperial tool worse than a metric tool?

Boris and Farage are definitely tools in what ever currency you choose to measure them

 

[jordanbasset]

I think tools running the country is the problem. But is an imperial tool worse than a metric tool?

Boris and Farage are definitely tools in what ever currency you choose to measure them

To be fair to Johnson and Farage they are very big tools

 

[shaunksb]

We should do the decent thing and be bilingual.

Everybody knows what 3m of 4” x 2” is.

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[Neil_Y]

How about using a Manometer to measure Camerons?

A total Cameron being 29.92 on a bourdon guage, or in modern units maybe a Torr for a complete Cameron vacuum might be appropriate?

 

[Poignard]

To be fair to Johnson and Farage they are very big tools

The sort of tools sold by Aldi. They might seem like good value at first but turn out to be dangerous rubbish..

 

[JumbleDuck]

If Eminence Grees-Mogg has his way...

We'll be using 341 BTU/hr light bulbs and athletes will have to train for the 19.88 perch sprint. But I am ready for him - I have an unused feet/fathoms Seafarer in stock. Bwahahahahaha. Foiled the weasel.

 

[JumbleDuck]

The lunatics are completely out of control. Johnson is so terrified of Farage and his doddering tweedy stormtroopers that he will do precisely what they want.

I think horrible realisation may be dawning. In two weeks we have gone from "Those European johnnies will jolly well do what we tell them " to "Pleeeeeeease, Mrs Merkel, pleeeeeeeeeeeease renegotiate."

 

[JumbleDuck]

Would the following not provide fitting names for these units?

Johnson​

Suggestions are invited for the type and size of unit that each name might represent.

The Johnson is often claimed to be six inches but is actually about three and a half.

 

[Kurrawong_Kid]

Yards and furlongs of thread drift have got us in chains.

 

[penberth3]

...But I am ready for him - I have an unused feet/fathoms Seafarer in stock. Bwahahahahaha. Foiled the weasel.

Does it take U2 batteries?

 

[pandos]

We should do the decent thing and be bilingual.

Everybody knows what 3m of 4” x 2” is.

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yes but only because 3m is shorter than 10 feet ( by a few inches)

so after Brexit will 3m become 10 real feet....

Interesting that British pubs in Gibraltar the great bastion of Britishness sell pints that fit in 500mm glasses whilst insisting on payment in full sized Pounds...

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[DJE]

Surely we should replace the old MKS system with something more tradition. I propose the FFS system using furlongs, fortnights, and slugs.

It's all quite simple; the acceleration due to gravity is about 7.133*10^10 furlongs per square fortnight.

 

[Hydrozoan]

You may all know that adoption of the metric system by the USA may have been delayed by a British privateer (I will not say prevented, as it is getting there) - but I did not. https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/pirates-caribbean-metric-edition

 

[johnalison]

Why do I get the feeling that I have stumbled into the Lounge? As long as boats continue to be sold in feet I will be content.

 

[newtothis]

Yards and furlongs of thread drift have got us in chains.

Yes, but what is the best type of anchor at the end of that chain?

 

[dunedin]

We will need to use whatever Washington DC wants us to use.
Particularly if the dotty POTUS decides to buy ex-Great Britain, as Greenland is not available.

 

[LittleSister]

Why do I get the feeling that I have stumbled into the Lounge?

You're confused. This is not the Lounge, it's the Saloon.

As long as boats continue to be sold in feet I will be content.

No chance. Referring to boats by their length is a fad that has had its day. We'll be reverting to Thames Measurement.

 

[mattonthesea]

We should do the decent thing and be bilingual.

Everybody knows what 3m of 4” x 2” is.

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and a 15mm to 1/2" tap connector