->''"It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system:\\
Two Farthings = One Ha'penny. Two Ha'pennies = One Penny. Three pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and One Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 pennies). One Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea.\\
The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because [[HypocriticalHumour they thought it was too complicated]]."''
-->-- ''Literature/GoodOmens''

->''"Problem number 35 with America: No universal healthcare. Problem number 36: No metric system. What is this, the time of Charlemagne? Answer me! Answer me now!"''
-->-- '''German Backpacker''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "The Heartbroke Kid"

->'''Mallory WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}:''' Who uses metric?!
->'''Lana Kane:''' Every single country on the planet except for us, Liberia and Burma!
->'''Sterling Archer:''' Wow, really?
->'''Lana:''' Yup.
->'''Archer:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint 'Cause you never think of those other two as having their shit together.]]

->''104 degrees Farenheit, which is approximately look-it-up-on-Google-yourself Celsius. Freaking metric system... takes all the romance out of measurement! I want ''my'' units based on the size of a king's unit. [[{{Metaphorgotten}} That's what a shitload is, one king's loaf]].''
-->-- ''WebVideo/TrueFacts''