Metric System Advocate Gifts

"Do you have a few minutes to talk about the metric system?"

"It seemed like miles to me!"

'I know we're inchworms, but let's get into the spirit of this! Change is good!'

When Dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

"It's running five minutes fast."

Poetry repairman

"That's it - I've had it up to here with measurement devices."

'Don't hide behind sales figures, Bill. We both know terminating me is philosophically unsound.'

"I can never go metric. 'Al's 30.48 Centimeter Hot Dogs' just doesn't sound right."

"I wouldn't have to go on a diet if we hadn't gone metric."

"I like the metric system. My weight in kilograms is less than my weight in pounds."

Non-metric speak your weight machine

'I regret to report that there's no global warming threat after all -- we just got Fahrenheit and Celsius mixed up.'

'Yes, my good man, we'll have the '02 Vin de Table - and make it the 1.5 meter bottle.'

'You still don't understand the metric system do you?'

"We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto. They're using the metric system."

Offering in service courses to make our staff more adept at math and science sounds like a good idea. Let me run it by legal.

"When dealing with Americans, refer to the heat in Celsius. They hate that."

'We're gaining market share in the areas where we lose money.'

The why-can't-this-event-be-in-miles-like-other-sports-on-this-country 10K.

30.48 cm Hot Dogs

Things were Running Smooth at Inchworm Town until...

'Do I know how many hectoliters we produce per hectare? ...Heck no.'

'When everyone else switched to liters, we saved a bundle continuing to use quart containers.'

Echonomics Point

"I prefer the metric system. 18 centimeters sounds better than 7 inches."

"We use the metric system. Your frequent flyer miles are no good here."

"The guy who didn’t know his cholesterol, his B.M.I., his net worth, his I.Q., his credit score, his astrological sign, or his ancestry."

'My Dad always said Imperial was better by miles.'

'I will never understand baseball, everything is measured in feet.'

"I'm metric and he's imperial."

"You'll appreciate that it's now half a kilo of tuppeny rice."