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America won’t give an inch in the war with the metric system – 11 hilarious takedowns

We laughed when UKIP wanted to bring back imperial measures, but it looks like they weren’t the only right-wingers desperate to buy their apples by the pound, if this clip from Fox News is anything to go by.

Of course, America still has the imperial system, so for them it’s more a case of holding back the tide, rather than turning it. This is how people have been reacting to Tucker Carlson and James Panero’s fervent exchange.

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Professor Brian Cox had a bit of news for the metric mutineers.

Sounds exactly like something Fox News viewers could get their heads around.

Source: taskandpurpose.com
H/T: Jordan Uhl

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