Thread by @SNPPeterhead

It’s been a struggle to find a Brexit Benefit, we were promised loads of them but they have thus far failed to materialise.

That is until today, as some of you may be aware before we became integrated with Europe we used to have the “Imperial System” for weights and measures.

Now from my standpoint the Imperial System was a bit confusing…

Money was counted in multiples of 6 and 12
Weight was counted in multiples of 7 and 14
Length was counted in multiples of 8 and 16

But when we integrated with Europe we (almost) adopted the Metric system. Now it doesn’t matter what you are counting, weighing or measuring using the Metric system it was all done in multiples of 10.

This went down like a lead balloon with Beer Drinkers, not only were “Pint” glasses reduced in size from 568ml to 500ml. Patriotic British Beer fans have steadfastly continued to call a large beer anything other than a “Pint” and have long bemoaned the loss of that 68ml of beer.

But patriotic beer drinkers can all relax as that 68ml is making a heroic comeback! Not only that but the “Crown Seal” is making a triumphant return just to reinforce the message that those weights and measures are “Imperial”.

It’s just a bit of a shame that the very Brexit that brought about this triumphant return means there are beer shortages in Pubs and Supermarkets

A shortage of truck drivers to deliver it...

and a further shortage of all those lovely European Bar Staff who used to pour our beer into those treacherous 500ml glasses!

So from all of us at SNP Peterhead, we hope you plucky Brexiteers enjoy your pint of..... errrr.... water. While you wait for our beleaguered supply chain to catch up....

who knows... maybe your beer will be delivered by a Soldier in Uniform? it would be impossible to enjoy your "full 568ml Pint" in a more patriotic manner than that!

Sunlit Uplands? or Unlit Badlands? Which is it?

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