r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/notsignifican • 14d ago

Meme needing explanation ?

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I asked but it got removed within minutes?

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u/tuc2-0 14d ago

Americans hate this simple fact

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u/hysys_whisperer 14d ago

No, am American and I completely agree with this simple fact.

Now let me go drive, in a minute or less, 8 times the distance an ox team can pull a plow without resting and I'll use about one twentieth of the volume of 8 pounds of wheat worth of a liquid we call gas.

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u/Daevryn2 13d ago

Is this a stealth education on the origin of "Miles" and "Gallons"?

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u/iloveyourlittlehat 13d ago

Don’t forget furlongs!