@jimgeraghty metric tweets are cracking me up this morning. https://t.co/bdat5OKFuz
— Snyder Arts (@snyderart2012) June 4, 2015
Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee has only been an official challenger to Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders for the Democrat nomination for one day, but already he’s providing voters with his bold vision for America:
So….the metric system….we meet again: http://t.co/zcMLcRZ2yH
— Mickey Ryan (@MickeyRyan1045) June 4, 2015
.@LincolnChafee: America should switch to the metric system "to become more international" http://t.co/wEoxYyIHdn http://t.co/oeA4ErNj8k
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 4, 2015
National Review’s Jim Geraghty hilariously countered Chafee’s pro metric system argument:
A Terrible Candidate with a Terrible Idea, By Any Metric.http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf pic.twitter.com/U5z0SGf1Tt
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
You will get my American system ruler when you pry it from my cold dead hand. Cold in Fahrenheit, not Centigrade! http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
I’m not gonna read Ray Bradbury’s Celsius 232.78.http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
You can’t make the Proclaimers walk 804 kilometers and make them walk 804 kilometers more.http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf pic.twitter.com/j31rJMYXs2
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
Trent Reznor’s band is not going to be 22.86 Centimeter Nails.http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf pic.twitter.com/UwwLTqWFfZ
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
You go tell Eminem that he’s from 12.87 Kilometers, see how that works out for you! http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf pic.twitter.com/aQ4RDcMLTe
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
And if Sammy Hagar can’t drive 55, he sure as heck can’t drive 88.51! http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf pic.twitter.com/napm7BQJvl
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
Look at this man. He’s miserable, because he has to use the metric system all day.http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf pic.twitter.com/GZrvoQd4UV
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
Being a vocal enthusiast for the metric system is just about the biggest hipster-indicator imaginable.http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
I am not doing math a hundred times a day in every aspect of my life so that Lincoln Chafee can suck up to Europeans.http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
"The metric system is easier!" Not when everyone has to throw out their entire frame of reference they've ever had! http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
“I use a really obscure measurement system, you haven't heard of it. It’s big in Europe.” http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf pic.twitter.com/ssLEDjX5Fb
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
Before President Ronald Reagan defeated the Soviet Union, he defeated the Metric System.http://t.co/tXpbJJeJlf pic.twitter.com/3EXE7fFdfE
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
Good luck with that, Mr. Chafee!
@jimgeraghty you're ignoring the 226.5 kilo gorilla in the room.
— Cassius (@UWRockBuster) June 4, 2015
@jimgeraghty We got a birth announcement from the Netherlands with the baby's weight at 3267 grams…
— Snitty delecto (@adeleshiv) June 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/606444776288874496
@jimgeraghty Next, he'll start using "colour" and "take a decision".
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) June 4, 2015
@JerylBier Yes, that's all part of his "shed-ju-well", which is what we Americans call a "schedule."
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 4, 2015
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‘He will lose by a mile’: Lincoln Chafee’s metric system mission merits major mockery
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