Boris Johnson is making imperial measures official again – and the idea took a pounding

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Finally I can buy things in perches, pennyweights and pecks. So much easier.
Thanks #Brexit pic.twitter.com/tvJRDTbG49

— Steve N Allen (@mrstevenallen) September 16, 2021

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“The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.” https://t.co/zGtoIJsEyx pic.twitter.com/Io7OnIb5Qy

— Michael Fry (@BigDirtyFry) September 16, 2021

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you can get mad about bringing back pound and ounces and insisting tv shows are British or you can do what I'm doing and pitch a show to ITV called Celebrity Meat Raffle

— joe (@mutablejoe) September 16, 2021

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The only people who take ounces seriously are drug dealers. Good to know that Boris Johnson wants to support small, independent businesses.

— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) September 16, 2021

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everyone knows you use imperial for people’s height and driving distance, metric for all shopping and cooking, and Wales for anything larger than Wales https://t.co/Px1kHA8CPr

— Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley (@lottelydia) September 16, 2021

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So relieved we pissed away a bunch of long-held rights, our standing on the world stage and our food security so Jeff in Grimsby could buy whatever BRITISH root vegetables Tesco haven’t already run out of this week by the ounce.

Fucking joke country. https://t.co/fTTWVSat0A

— Max Morgan 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@SpillerOfTea) September 16, 2021

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Everybody under 50 now has to learn how many thrupennies are in a florin before they can buy a kilderkin of beer.

Also: we're out of beer. https://t.co/z4zseI41Zw

— Russ Jones (@RussInCheshire) September 16, 2021

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“I’d like to buy a pound of apples and a pound of oranges please?”

“Sorry, this is the shop that’s run out of cheese. The shop that’s run out of fruit is next door.”

— Franglaise (@frangla) September 16, 2021

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starting up my own rent-a-pensioner business to help me navigate tescos

— Chris Boyd 🇬🇧🇵🇭 (@paperghost) September 16, 2021

Deborah Meaden had what you might think was a reasonable hope.

Do we think his Lordship might get on with the act of Governing the country in a way that is relevant? That would be lovely. I mean I like Downton Abbey but I do see it a a historic drama…not a template. https://t.co/0XHDYmYpQC

— Deborah Meaden 💙 (@DeborahMeaden) September 16, 2021

Don’t hold your breath.

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