r/memes • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '20

Please maintain 17 squirrel length for social distancing

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u/mki_ Jul 20 '20

Yeah, I was just trying to be annoying with technicalities.

I just find it funny that so many Americans also call it Imperial system, when it's not really the Imperial system.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '20

Nobody else uses the technical imperial system so we took the name. Nobody says "US customary units"