How to Measure Cultural Differences in Metric Units

A science test was conducted on adults in different countries. The citizens were asked a simple question: "How much is 10 x 100 grams?"

These are the results:
1) 90% of the USA citizens responded that apart from cheese and wine, they were not interested in French "inventions".
2) 52% of the UK citizens responded that they did not want to change their treasured British Imperial system.
3) 30% of the South African in Cape Town responded that science was always a difficult subject for them; they customarily had been buying only 1 x 100 g or 2 x 100 g of a Hungarian salami.
4) 90% of the French citizens answered that such a test was outdated and should had been administered during a Bonaparte time.
5) 97% Germans responded promptly: "1 kilogram".
6) 80% of Indians responded that the problem was simple as three zeros at the end of a number could be replaced by prefix "kilo", therefore, 1000 g equaled 1 kilogram.
7) However, 67% of Polish and Russians answered: "1 liter"!

Conclusions:

Re 1) They are too complacent, with One exception.
Re 2) Hmm, tradition...tradition...
Re 3) The country will need technicians in a short future...
Re 4) They know how to live...
Re 5) They are the best, obviously...
Re 6) "See how they run..."; forward, of course...
Re 7) They should drink less vodka!
NB: In Polish restaurants you order vodka in 100g portions.

The moral:
Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is strongly forbidden for the calamity of all people, for all time. Dissemination of SI/metric system is strongly recommended "for the benefit of all people, for all time" (French Assembly, 1799).

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