Why the Metric System sucks by Phantom

Why the Metric System sucks by Phantom

One Metric Banana In Length

I’ve said, since Canada adopted the metric system in the 1970s, that it sucks. It is a stupid French utopian idea, and I hate it. 

At a very basic level, metric doesn’t mean anything to me. How big is a centimeter? I have to check every single time. It has no meaning, it’s an arbitrary thing.

Imperial is based on real things. How big is an inch? My thumb, pretty much...