The lighter side

Metric is not always the answer. For instance it plays havoc with folk wisdom …

A miss is as good as 1.6 kilometres.

Put your best 0.3 of a metre forward.

Spare the 5.03 metres and spoil the child.

Give a man 2.5 centimetres and he'll take 1.6 kilometres.

Peter Piper picked 8.8 litres of pickled peppers.

Source: Maritime Advocate Online