Metric is not always the answer. For instance it plays havoc with folk wisdom …
A miss is as good as 1.6 kilometres.
Put your best 0.3 of a metre forward.
Spare the 5.03 metres and spoil the child.
Give a man 2.5 centimetres and he'll take 1.6 kilometres.
Peter Piper picked 8.8 litres of pickled peppers.
Source: Maritime Advocate Online