# Metric !!!! System

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-system/197729>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 26, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-system/197729 "2003-08-26T13:07:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![parlo\_americano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@parlo\_americano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parlo_americano)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-system/197729/21 "2003-08-26T19:39:41Z")

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slugs or parsnips?

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**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-system/197729/22 "2003-08-26T19:45:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Anthracite \*  
> \*\*I don’t know about “dynamics students”, but we Engineers use “lbm” and “lbf” (pound mass and pound force, respectively) every day.
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> The only slugs I’ve seen in the last 5 years were on my parsnips. \*\*

And about time too! I didn’t know that the terminology had finally been made sensible. I was taught “slugs” for mass and never liked the term. Good riddance, I say.

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**Author:** ![Wonder\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@Wonder\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonder_Woman)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-system/197729/23 "2003-08-26T22:48:46Z")

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Thanks everyone!! you are all so smart

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-system/197729/24 "2003-08-27T00:59:24Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by parlo americano \*  
> \*\*slugs or parsnips? \*\*

Ummm…what answer do you _want_ to hear?

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