I remember a Simpsons quote with grandpa talking about the metric system and how his car gets some strange distance to a hogs head, and hes not changing for anyone. What was this excat quote and what episode is it in?
Grandpa And The Metric System
Nov 24, 2002, 2:48 PM ET5 posts by 5 postersalt.tv.simpsons
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"The Zinged" wrote in message news:arradi$[email]...> I remember a Simpsons quote with grandpa talking about the metric system and
changing
Marge: Now, I know you haven't liked some of my past suggestions,
like switching to the metric system --
Abe: [stammers a little] The metric system is the tool of the
devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the
way I likes it."The Zinged" wrote in message news:...
"I think the metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogs head, and that's the way I likes it!"
On 24 Nov 2002 18:20:16 -0800, [email] (Jeffro) said something like this:
So, is it "forty" or "40"?
A hogshead (hhd) is 2 liquid barrels or 14,653 cubic inches.
So, he gets 660 feet per 2 liquid barrels, or rather it takes 63 gallons to go 660 feet an 8th of a mile, or 504 gallons per mile.
I'm guessing it's not one of those ultra low emission vehicles.
Actually, that quote is from "A Star is Burns".