Have a giggle

UK …Why don’t you use the metric system like the rest of the world?

USA …We use the system you invented, But we also use the metric system.

USA to UK… How much do you weigh , UK… 10 stone.

USA… What?

UK…. Forget it, let’s go get a pint

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ArtieKat · M

@FreeSpirit1 In the UK it is possible to buy a sheet of timber which is 8ft x 4ft - and 2cm thick. 🤣

NativePortlander1970

@ArtieKat That's a standard size in the states.

ArtieKat · M

@NativePortlander1970 The thickness?

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@ArtieKat I didn't know that! Crazy!

ArtieKat · M

@FreddieUK B&Q chipboard

NativePortlander1970

@ArtieKat 3/4 inch, yep

ArtieKat · M

@NativePortlander1970 You have, I think, missed my point. The dimensions are given in 2 totally different methods of measurement.

NativePortlander1970

@ArtieKat Several millimeters here or there, my point is that they are both common sizes

ArtieKat · M

@NativePortlander1970 I give up! 🤷‍♀ I'll leave it to somebody else to try and explain....