> French revolution, yes it was brought to you by the good folks who also brought you the guillotine. Thus it was imposed on people from above to better their l

> French revolution, yes it was brought to you by the good folks who also brought you the guillotine. Thus it was imposed on people from above to better their lives The people of France imposed it on themselves. Riiiight. > Everyone in England thinks in pounds, stones (yes stones), miles and feet. No, we don't. Don't speak for me. A variable base numbering system is utterly absurd and needs to die. Saying that imperial measurements conform to "real" things is a fallacy, because feet and cups and whatnot are of varying sizes. A metre is an exact length, which we can picture. Feet vary greatly in size. Basically this article is total bunk.