Thunderbird dimensions for comparison please...

[Dave W]

When cattle get sick in Europe, is it called Centimeter In Mouth disease? 

[Lightyear]

 , What about going the extra kilometer   Just doesn't have the same ring to it

[doombass]

In Sweden going the extra mile (spelled mil and pronounced like you'd say meel) would be walking 10km.

[uwe]

Realisation that imperial measurements are nonsense will be inching forward even in the US over time.

[dadagoboi]

Realisation that imperial measurements are nonsense will be inching forward even in the US over time.

By then Americans will have 12 fingers due to hydrocarbon poisoning...and the metric system STILL won't make sense to us.

[Highlander]

(Thank goodness I didn't mention the dirty knife... )

While your on a Metric roll, Uwe, maybe you can get the tape out on George's old T'II to ensure the correct conversion from US inches - some Europeans/Americans might not be aware that there is a (albeit only in themantics/temperature calculations iirc) difference between US and Imperial...

The Brit's are stuck between two worlds ("going down the pub for a litre" just doesn't gel with me... sorry Herr Komandant...)