a quarter of a liter or 8.45 oz 
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And as Serhan pointed out those are real ounces and not those phony baloney UK ounces.
Forget the decimal points! Are we men or mice? 250 ml is around half a pint. Not exactly, but it gives you the idea.
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How many tomatoes it takes to make 250 ml ketchup? Or is it made of Carolina Reapers to earn that name?
When I mentioned the metric system and the 1960s it was because I was in school then. I finished elementary and high schools and half of my undergraduate degree during that decade. Given the nature of this thread I was just joshing when I asked what was 250ml.
Really.
The following is serious and has nothing to do with humor:
How NASA Lost a Spacecraft From a Metric Math Mistake | SimScale
Why the U.S. hasn’t fully adopted the metric system (cnbc.com)
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Makes you wonder how much is “rugged American individualism” and how much is plain old stubbornness.
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Thanks for sharing. It gave me a good laugh.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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too funny.
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Buttwiper or Buttwiser, that is the question!
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