Americans
awe
amaze
inspire
impress
whelm
(is that a word-because I'm not quite OVERwhelmed)
me.
They can do and have done many incredible things in this world.
The inventions,
the ambition,
the passion,
the fight,
the enthusiasm,
they've put men on the mooooooon!!!
Off galavanting around space many times
(they're there right now!!)
AND
they know how to get back
(that's the most exciting part-they couldn't even do that in Star Trek or Lost in Space)
HOW COME THEY CAN'T COUNT TO TEN ????
seriously people
Of all the things the American people can do,
alas, the metric system, simply, is not one of them.
As a wee one when we were switching over
(I remember the speed limit signs being changed to kilometers),
and I heard America was not, my little self thought
"Wait...What????"
Out with the pounds and inches........
hellloooo number TEN.
Why does America not embrace?
I suspect it has something to do with France (hmmmm?)-I may be wrong.
Consider it another gift, just like the Statue of Liberty.
Because, believe me, it is a gift.
C'mon America join the rest of the world.
It's so hip,
so now,
so Jetsons!
All I have to do is count to TEN and then just keep multiplying by TEN
EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY
No more sixteenthies, five-eighthies, thirty-tooths
No more
16 ounces = 1pound
BUT
8 ounces= 1 cup
2 cups=1 pint
2 pints =1 quart
BUT
4 quarts = 1 gallon
SO that's
8 pints= 1 gallon
AND
A pint's a pound the world around
(not really because no one else uses them)
Sheeeshhhh!!
16 16th's of an inch = 1 inch
12 inches = 1 foot
3 feet= 1 yard
SOOOO...
There's 5280 feet in ONE mile,
Which meeeeaaaans...
There is 1760 yards in ONE mile.
This is all I know
AND
I only know that because I correct homework!
When I am following a recipe, I still have to call Padre at work because I just can't keep it straight.
This guy helps!!
Hang on a second........
What does this say about my intelligence??
Maybe you're all geniuses because you can understand all this mumbo jumbo
HMMMMMMPFFF!
