I seem to remember they didn’t get it quite right by modern standards.

Edit: ok, I remembered wrongly. 96 was as close as they could measure human body temperature. I always thought it was the other way.

I’m still not clear on why 100f was chosen.

I agree with you 240%!

Well, there is a significance to 100f, it’s the human body temperature. Hotter days = potential danger maybe?

Either way, it’s another base 10, not 12!

Edit: ignore me, my memory is terrible.

It’s always worth bringing this out again at times like these, while the US trots out the same old excuses for their lack of progress that every other country that used to have old measurements has made.

“It’s fine”.

Missing a trick there, they could have included a bottle opener.

Haven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.

It’s French.

*litre

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true

That’s fine, it’s the insistence that “cups” is a measurement that pisses me off.

Especially when you have oz, fl oz and cups in one recipe. Sort it the fuck out and just use grams.

*bhaji

Stroll won’t even finish the first course.

Don’t worry, I’m sure your IQ test will come back negative too.