> Yeah, I like metric but I still prefer my beer measured in pints.

Its funny. Orwell was against the metric system, so there is a small amusing scene in 1984 where on the proles (an old man) in a bar complains that he hates liters of beer.

    "'Ark at 'im! Calls 'isself a barman and don't know what a pint is! Why, a pint's the 'alf of a quart, and there's four quarts to the gallon. 'Ave to teach you the A, B, C next."

    "Never heard of 'em,' said the barman shortly. 'Litre and half litres - that's all we serve. There's the glasses on the shelf in front of you."

    "I likes a pint," persisted the old man. "You could 'a drawed me off a pint easy enough. We didn't 'ave these bleeding litres when I was a young man."