"Drugs: Responsible for teaching Americans the metric system” is a jocular saying that has been printed on bumper stickers are T-shirts. “Drugs are responsible for teaching Americans the metric system” has been cited in print since at least February 2010.
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helmet507 said…
24 Feb 2010, 23:43
Schism, and your right Kadusia, drugs are responsible for teaching Americans the metric system 
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Marijuana, teaching Americans the metric system 1 gram at a time!
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Heh RT @esukop @PillsongChurch @JulienLynn: Just saw this bumper sticker: “Drugs. Responsible for teaching Americans the metric system”
10:37 AM - 4 Jun 11
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DRUGS: Responsible for teaching americans the metric system
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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