A report in today’s Irish Times will have pint drinkers in Ireland and the UK raising a glass in celebration. The European Parliament has now formally allowed joint use of the metric and imperial systems for measuring beer. Originally, there were plans to migrate all of the EU’s member nations to use the metric system exclusively.
Fans of the traditional pint can now breathe a sigh of relief that they won’t have to start requesting the rather prosaic ‘568ml glass’ of their beer of choice.
The ruling covers pints of milk and beer and cider on draught and also approves the use of miles for speed indications, road distances and signs in the UK.
Although Ireland has already switched to kilometres on the State’s road network, it has steadfastly refused to give up the pint.
The full article is available at http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1216/breaking33.html?via=mr
Cool! Now you can get tanked up on pints of Guiness and count the miles driving home!
No wait…
YES!!!
I know this doesnt affect me in the least.. but HEY!
That’s good to know! Thanks for sharing the news. I’ll be sure to pass it along to my beer-loving friends at our next Thursday Happy Hour — hey, that’s tonight!
Cool. Ya know, sometimes tradition needs to be preserved in the face of pragmatism or whatever you want to call it. I say, call it a pint!
@Scott - well said, I completely agree with you!