Best political lobby ever

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-09-02 07:15pm

Metric is fine, but Brussels must die.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-09-02 07:18pm

What the fuck is Belgium's problem, anyway (not just with this, with other things too)? What have we ever done to the Belgians?

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-09-02 08:20pm

Durran Korr wrote:What the fuck is Belgium's problem, anyway (not just with this, with other things too)? What have we ever done to the Belgians?

Same regime is running the country that killed millions of people in the Congo back in the day. Nobody ever cleaned house there, quite simply.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2003-09-02 11:57pm

Operation Belgian Freedom!

Xisiqomelir · Post by **Xisiqomelir** » 2003-09-03 02:12am

TABLE OF USEFUL METRIC CONVERSIONS

1 trillion microphones = 1 megaphone
2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds
10 cards = 1 decacards
1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin
10 rations = 1 decoration
100 rations = 1 C-ration
10 millipedes = 1 centipede
3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent
2 monograms = 1 diagram
8 nickels = 2 paradigms
2 wharves = 1 paradox

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-09-03 11:14am

Jadeite wrote:
Who controls the British crown, who keeps the metric system down?
Who rigs every Oscar night?

You get a bonus point for getting the Simpsons reference.

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2003-09-03 01:10pm

We do We do Stonemasons