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A 1 foot sandwich can be easily shared with 2, 3, 4 or 6 friends. And nobody has 5 friends anyway. There are no meter long sandwiches .. and if there were, you

A 1 foot sandwich can be easily shared with 2, 3, 4 or 6 friends. And nobody has 5 friends anyway. There are no meter long sandwiches .. and if there were, you couldn't split it between 3 people. It's impractical. It's like if there were 100 degrees in a a circle.. You'd go nuts Metric is for when you've made a mess of things and have completely given up on having nice round integer values EDIT: This comment has been timed to coincide with when Americans wake up to defend me :) ~ USA! USA!

pavlov 3y ago
Splitting a meter-long sandwich between three people is easy. You give each person a footlong slice, and the remaining 8.6 cm to the dog.
- cassianoleal 3y ago
  Or, you know... You look at it, more or less find the one third point from the tip, cut it there, then cut the remaining larger part in half. Which is probably the same way you'd do it if it was a 3.28ft-long sandwich instead.
  - pavlov 3y ago
    Impossible. Ever since Hercules accidentally stepped on his lunch sandwich in the stables of Augeas, his 12-inch foot has been the standard measurement for Ideal Sandwich.
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the-dude 3y ago
In The Netherlands you can order beer in meters.
- dylan604 3y ago
  At any spring break resort or in Vegas, you can order beer by the yard Edit: mustn't forget the French Quarter either
  - the-dude 3y ago
    Obviously a meter of beer is better than a yard of beer.
    - dylan604 3y ago
      Those last 3" (76.2mm) would just be foam anyways
      - the-dude 3y ago
        Foam is measured in fingers.
teddyh 3y ago
Depends on how thick it is, doesn’t it? Why the insistence on measuring the length? Couldn’t you just as easily talk about 1kg sandwiches?
Symmetry 3y ago
I dunno, a quarter meter sandwich seems just as natural as a quarter pound burger.
regularfry 3y ago
> It's like if there were 100 degrees in a a circle There are 100 gradians in 90 degrees, does that count? They're probably supported on your calculator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradian
- HPsquared 3y ago
  It's a similar kind of thing to decimal time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time
vGPU 3y ago
I could down a meter long sub by myself, and I’m fairly certain my dog could too. No need to share.

pavlov 3y ago

Splitting a meter-long sandwich between three people is easy. You give each person a footlong slice, and the remaining 8.6 cm to the dog.

cassianoleal 3y ago
Or, you know... You look at it, more or less find the one third point from the tip, cut it there, then cut the remaining larger part in half. Which is probably the same way you'd do it if it was a 3.28ft-long sandwich instead.
- pavlov 3y ago
  Impossible. Ever since Hercules accidentally stepped on his lunch sandwich in the stables of Augeas, his 12-inch foot has been the standard measurement for Ideal Sandwich.

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the-dude 3y ago

In The Netherlands you can order beer in meters.

dylan604 3y ago
At any spring break resort or in Vegas, you can order beer by the yard Edit: mustn't forget the French Quarter either
- the-dude 3y ago
  Obviously a meter of beer is better than a yard of beer.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    Those last 3" (76.2mm) would just be foam anyways
    - the-dude 3y ago
      Foam is measured in fingers.

teddyh 3y ago

Depends on how thick it is, doesn’t it? Why the insistence on measuring the length? Couldn’t you just as easily talk about 1kg sandwiches?

Symmetry 3y ago

I dunno, a quarter meter sandwich seems just as natural as a quarter pound burger.

regularfry 3y ago

> It's like if there were 100 degrees in a a circle There are 100 gradians in 90 degrees, does that count? They're probably supported on your calculator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradian

HPsquared 3y ago
It's a similar kind of thing to decimal time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time

vGPU 3y ago

I could down a meter long sub by myself, and I’m fairly certain my dog could too. No need to share.