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that’s because the imperial system rocks. It takes a brain to use it.
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The imperial system is archaic, outdated and mostly illogical. I like it for nostalgic reasons (because I am a very nostalgic person), but the Metric system is win. Australians still call it a Quarter Pounder though and heights tend to be measured in feet and inches, everything else is mostly Metric here.
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Also…it is amazing to look at the differences between American leaders and Brits - Winston Churchill had a vocabulary that nearly rivaled that of William Shakespeare <LINK_TEXT text=“http://worddaze.blogspot.com/2006/05/ma … chill.html”>Word Daze: The Word Lover's Almanac: May 10: Words from Winston Churchill Day</LINK_TEXT>
Here we have a douchebag named dubya, an asshole from Idaho who gives head in airport bathrooms, and a fucking black bitch who doesn’t know the history of her own office…see secretary of state Marshall - of the Marshall plan on that one. Marshall Plan - Wikipedia
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And we had a Prime Minister who drank a pint of whiskey every morning for 35 years. ;D
At the moment I am reading Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami:
It’s a fantastic book with an incredible imagination.