Give Them An Inch...
August, 1977
For Years, I thought that the girl of my dreams was 36-24-36. Now, one of Congress' absent-minded creations, the U.S. Metric Board, says otherwise. Henceforth, she is to be 904.4-609.6-904.4.Somehow, it isn't the same.But whether it is or not, you had better start thinking in metric terms, because the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 says so. Within eight years, all the familiar measures of length, weight, volume and temperature are to be abolished. Soon you will be sitting in front of your televis...
