Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 16, 1974
October 15, 1974
October 17, 1974
Transcript:
Franklin and Peppermint Patty sit at their desks in school. Franklin looks at a book and reads, "The metric system is easy to learn and understand." Peppermint Patty replies, "Ha!"<BR><BR> Franklin continues, "Time saved in teachers certain concepts can be devoted to teaching more important concepts and skills." Peppermint Patty replies, "Ha!"<BR><BR> Franklin asks, "How can I explain anything to you if you keep saying 'Ha!' all the time?"<BR><BR> Peppermint Patty turns around and says, "Huh?"<BR><BR>
weatherford.joe Premium Member almost 8 years ago
America… so stuck in our ways. We never did successfully adopt the metric system.
jtyroler over 7 years ago
I remember when people were predicting that the United States would convert to the Metric System by the end of the 1970’s. We are one of the very few nations that do not officially use the Metric System.
thatdarnfurry about 2 years ago
I remember reading about the push 1974 in schools in the us to learn metrics, which would’ve worked out very nicely since metrics are easy to use and actually based off tangible things instead of arbitrary things like some King’s thumbnail as an inch or whatever have you. Shame it didn’t work out. I use metrics anyway, just not for temperature. It’s Fahrenheit for me on that.