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[Snow Patrol]

Lord Hargreaves wrote: Snow Patrol wrote: Lord Hargreaves wrote: Hey - what about the pint? Nothing is more likely to inspire the British into urban guerrila warfare against the government than being unable to intoxicate themselves in imperial
Good point. Though litre > pints, i'm sure as a nation of binge drinking alcoholics, that when the majority of people start realising this they will, rather unsteadily and bleary eyed, greet the metric system with arms wide open. :wink:
Ah but no, since beer will likely be served in 500ml glasses instead of pint glasses - and 500ml is actually slightly smaller than a pint. So we'll be drinking from smaller glasses. Horrific.
Not necessarily, besides as a spirits drinker i personally could care less about pints. Vodka already comes in litre bottles. :wink:

[Angela]

Snow Patrol wrote: Lord Hargreaves wrote: Snow Patrol wrote: Lord Hargreaves wrote: Hey - what about the pint? Nothing is more likely to inspire the British into urban guerrila warfare against the government than being unable to intoxicate themselves in imperial
Good point. Though litre > pints, i'm sure as a nation of binge drinking alcoholics, that when the majority of people start realising this they will, rather unsteadily and bleary eyed, greet the metric system with arms wide open. :wink:
Ah but no, since beer will likely be served in 500ml glasses instead of pint glasses - and 500ml is actually slightly smaller than a pint. So we'll be drinking from smaller glasses. Horrific.
Not necessarily, besides as a spirits drinker i personally could care less about pints. Vodka already comes in litre bottles. :wink:

LOL it depends for example in Italy most of the pubs serve beer in British pints (0.54 l)

[Ssushi]

When I think of a pint, I have an unpleasant image of a drunk yob in my head... Personally, I prefer the small beers on the continent.

[Angela]

Ssushi wrote: When I think of a pint, I have an unpleasant image of a drunk yob in my head... Personally, I prefer the small beers on the continent.

like the 1 l glass they ususally serve in Bavaria? :LOL:

[Ssushi]

Angela wrote: Ssushi wrote: When I think of a pint, I have an unpleasant image of a drunk yob in my head... Personally, I prefer the small beers on the continent.

like the 1 l glass they ususally serve in Bavaria? :LOL:

HEH, yerr but it shouldn't really take both hands to raise you glass should it!

[JDnCoke]

I agree with Saracen, as a mathematician the metric system is far more logical. The French go one step further and have replaced degrees with gradiens.